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Welcome to Hope Ranch ...

Hope Ranch is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Hope Ranch: Hope Rnch.

Hope Ranch is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hope Ranch: 805 & 820<3>

Communities near Hope Ranch ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hope Ranch ...

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

Adding Hope Ranch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hope Ranch 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 (so far) for Hope Ranch was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hope Ranch.

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