Welcome to El Mirage ...

El Mirage is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of El Mirage, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

El Mirage is 2,910 feet [887 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of El Mirage is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named El Mirage ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named El Mirage - it's located in Arizona.

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

Communities near El Mirage ...

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

• Victorville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorville
  • Victorville is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 124,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victorville <3>
• Adelanto
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelanto
  • Adelanto is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,537 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adelanto <3>
• Lake Los Angeles
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Los Angeles
  • Lake Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Los Angeles <3>
• Pinon Hills
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon Hills
  • Pinon Hills is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinon Hills <3>
• Wilsona Gardens
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsona Gardens
  • Wilsona Gardens is located in Los Angeles County
• Llano Del Rio ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llano Del Rio
  • Llano Del Rio is located in Los Angeles County
• Llano
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llano
  • Llano is located in Los Angeles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Llano <3>
• Phelan
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
  • Phelan is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phelan <3>
• South Adelanto
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Adelanto
  • South Adelanto is located in San Bernardino County
• Big Pines
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
  • Big Pines is located in Los Angeles 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 El Mirage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Mirage.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Mirage ...

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

Adding El Mirage to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of El Mirage 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 El Mirage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

X2X - From that list, the El Mirage post office opened in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for El Mirage.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/

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