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Welcome to Lake Isabella ...

Lake Isabella is located in Kern County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake Isabella, you might consider that their post office opened in 1957.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Isabella: Lk. Isabella

Lake Isabella is 2,510 feet [765 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lake Isabella is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Lake Isabella: 760 & 442<3>

The ZIP code for Lake Isabella: 93240<4>

Communities Also Named Lake Isabella ...

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

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

Communities near Lake Isabella ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Isabella ...

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

Adding Lake Isabella to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lake Isabella 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 Lake Isabella was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lake Isabella post office opened in 1957.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Kern, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Isabella - 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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Lake Isabella area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Lake Isabella area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Lake Isabella). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lake Isabella or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/