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Welcome to Concepcion ...

Concepcion is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Concepcion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Concepcion is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Concepcion: 805 & 820<3>

Communities Also Named Concepcion ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Concepcion: This one is located in Santa Barbara County and the other is located in Imperial County.

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

Communities near Concepcion ...

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

  • Lompoc
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lompoc is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lompoc <4>
  • Buellton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lompoc Village
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lompoc Village is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc Village
  • Mission Hills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Mission Hills is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
  • Vandenberg Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Vandenberg Village is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandenberg Village
  • Solvang
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Solvang is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solvang
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solvang <4>
  • Lompoc Landing ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lompoc Landing is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc Landing
  • Los Alamos
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ballard
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Capitan
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Capitan is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan

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 Concepcion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Concepcion.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Concepcion. 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 Concepcion.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Concepcion ...

Looking for more information about Concepcion? 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 Concepcion, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Concepcion.

Adding Concepcion to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Concepcion 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 (so far) for Concepcion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Concepcion post office opened in 1903. The Concepcion post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Concepcion.

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 Concepcion - 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 Concepcion area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Concepcion 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/