Welcome to Lake Hughes ...

Lake Hughes is located in Los Angeles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake Hughes, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1925.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Hughes: Lk. Hughes

Lake Hughes is 3,220 feet [981 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lake Hughes is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The telephone area code for Lake Hughes: (661)

The ZIP code for Lake Hughes: 93532<3>

Communities Also Named Lake Hughes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lake Hughes - it's located in Colorado.

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

Communities near Lake Hughes ...

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

• Lancaster
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 155,822 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
• Green Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Green Valley is located in Los Angeles County
• Del Sur
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sur
  • Del Sur is located in Los Angeles County
• Antelope Acres
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Acres
  • Antelope Acres is located in Los Angeles County
• Leona Valley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona Valley
  • Leona Valley is located in Los Angeles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leona Valley <4>
• Neenach
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenach
  • Neenach is located in Los Angeles County
• Quartz Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz Hill
  • Quartz Hill is located in Los Angeles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quartz Hill <4>
• Agua Dulce
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Dulce
  • Agua Dulce is located in Los Angeles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Agua Dulce <4>
• Castaic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castaic
  • Castaic is located in Los Angeles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castaic <4>
• Valencia
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia
  • Valencia is located in Los Angeles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valencia <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Hughes ...

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

Adding Lake Hughes to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lake Hughes 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 Lake Hughes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lake Hughes post office opened in 1925.

We also found Lake Hughes on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Hughes.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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