Welcome to Greenfield ...

The city of Greenfield is located in Monterey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

The city was incorporated January 7, 1947.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Greenfield has a population of 17,579 people<2> (see below for details).

Greenfield is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Greenfield: 831

The ZIP code for Greenfield: 93927<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Greenfield had an population of 17,579 people. This is an increase of 7.65% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 39.7% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Greenfield had a population of 16,330 people. This makes Greenfield the county's 6th most populous community.

The population of Greenfield represents 0.04% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 312nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 16,330 people, the population of Greenfield increased 29.78% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 12,583 people).

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

Communities Also Named Greenfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Greenfield: This one is located in Monterey County and the other is located in Kern County.

Beyond California, there are 66 communities that are also named Greenfield - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), Florida (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (4), Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah (2), Virginia (6) and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Greenfield ...

Official Website:   www.ci.greenfield.ca.us/

Junior League:   www.jlmontereycounty.org/

Communities near Greenfield ...

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

• Soledad
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soledad
  • Soledad is located in Monterey County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,247 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soledad <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Soledad
  • From Greenfield to Soledad
• King City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
  • King City is located in Monterey County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King City <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to King City
  • From Greenfield to King City
• Gonzales
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzales
  • Gonzales is located in Monterey County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,237 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gonzales <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Gonzales
  • From Greenfield to Gonzales
• Bitterwater
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitterwater
  • Bitterwater is located in San Benito County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bitterwater
  • From Greenfield to Bitterwater
• Pinnacles
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinnacles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacles
  • Pinnacles is located in San Benito County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pinnacles
  • From Greenfield to Pinnacles
• San Benito
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Benito
  • San Benito is located in San Benito County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to San Benito
  • From Greenfield to San Benito
• San Lucas
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lucas
  • San Lucas is located in Monterey County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Lucas <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to San Lucas
  • From Greenfield to San Lucas
• Chualar
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chualar
  • Chualar is located in Monterey County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chualar <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Chualar
  • From Greenfield to Chualar
• Jolon
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolon
  • Jolon is located in Monterey County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jolon <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Jolon
  • From Greenfield to Jolon
• Lucia
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia
  • Lucia is located in Monterey County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lucia
  • From Greenfield to Lucia

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenfield ...

Looking for more information about Greenfield? 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 Greenfield, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Greenfield.

Adding Greenfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greenfield 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 Greenfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Greenfield post office opened in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Greenfield: www.ci.greenfield.ca.us/

The official website for Monterey County: www.co.monterey.ca.us/

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