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Welcome to Carr ...

Carr is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

Carr is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Carr lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Carr: 805 & 820<3>

Communities Also Named Carr ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Carr - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Missouri (2), New Brunswick, New Mexico (2), North Carolina, Ontario, Texas (2) and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carr.

Communities near Carr ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carr.

  • Santa Maria
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lompoc
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc
    • Lompoc is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lompoc <4>
  • Arroyo Grande
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Grover Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Guadalupe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pismo Beach
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Casmalia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Orcutt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Nipomo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Callender
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carr. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carr.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carr. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carr.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carr. See our Newspapers Page for Carr.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carr ...

Looking for more information about Carr? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Carr, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Carr.

Adding Carr to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carr in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Carr was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carr.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Barbara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carr - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 805 code has been Overlayed with the 820 area code. New phone numbers in the Carr area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Carr area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.