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Welcome to Drake ...

Drake is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

Drake is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Drake: 805 & 820<3>

Communities Also Named Drake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Drake - they are located in Arizona (2), Colorado, Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, Missouri (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina (2) and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Drake ...

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

  • Lompoc
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Solvang
    (12 miles [19.3 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>
  • Buellton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Capitan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Capitan is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan
  • Ballard
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lompoc Village
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 northwest)
    • Mission Hills is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
  • Santa Ynez
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Los Olivos
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Los Alamos
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drake ...

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

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 Drake - 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 Drake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Drake 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.