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Welcome to Coronado ...

The coastal city of Coronado is located in San Diego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coronado, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

The city was incorporated December 11, 1890.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Coronado has a population of 25,130 people<2> (see below for details).

Coronado is near sea level<3>.

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

Area Codes for Coronado: 619 & 858<4>

The ZIP codes for Coronado: 92118, 92178<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Coronado had an population of 25,130 people. This is an increase of 32.88% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 4.27% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Coronado had a population of 18,912 people. This makes Coronado the county's 16th most populous community.

The population of Coronado represents 0.05% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 298th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 18,912 people, the population of Coronado decreased 21.53% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 24,100 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Coronado.

Communities Also Named Coronado ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Coronado - they are located in Alberta, Arizona (2), Colorado (2), Florida, Kansas (2), New Mexico, Texas (3) and Virginia.

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

Websites for Coronado ...

Official Website:   www.coronado.ca.us/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.coronadochamber.com/

Communities near Coronado ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Coronado. Our list includes 25 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Coronado.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coronado ...

Looking for more information about Coronado? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Coronado, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Coronado.

Adding Coronado to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Coronado 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 Coronado was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Coronado post office opened in 1887.

We also found Coronado in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coronado.

The official website for Coronado: www.coronado.ca.us/

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Diego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Coronado.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coronado - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 619 code has been Overlayed with the 858 area code. New phone numbers in the Coronado area will be assigned with one of these codes: 619 or 858. As a result, placing a call in the Coronado area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Coronado). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Coronado or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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