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Welcome to Dyer ...

Dyer is located in Orange County<1>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Dyer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Dyer - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Dyer ...

Junior League:   www.jlocc.org/

Communities near Dyer ...

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

  • Long Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Anaheim
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Irvine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Huntington Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Garden Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fullerton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Orange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Costa Mesa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Norwalk
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
    • Norwalk is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwalk <3>
  • Mission Viejo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dyer ...

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

Adding Dyer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dyer 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 Dyer was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dyer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dyer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.