Welcome to Dehesa ...

Dehesa is located in San Diego County<1>.

The location of Dehesa has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dehesa, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Dehesa is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Dehesa: (619)

Communities near Dehesa ...

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

• San Diego
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Diego
  • San Diego is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422,420 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Diego <4>
• Chula Vista
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula Vista
  • Chula Vista is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 272,979 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula Vista <4>
• El Cajon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Cajon
  • El Cajon is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,401 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Cajon <4>
• National City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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  • National City is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,932 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for National City <4>
• La Mesa
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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  • La Mesa is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,724 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Mesa <4>
• Santee
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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  • Santee is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <4>
• Poway
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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  • Poway is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <4>
• Lemon Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Grove
  • Lemon Grove is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,528 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lemon Grove <4>
• Coronado
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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  • Coronado is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,647 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coronado <4>
• Glenview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Glenview is located in San Diego County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dehesa ...

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

Adding Dehesa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dehesa in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dehesa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dehesa post office opened in 1888.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dehesa.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dehesa. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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