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Welcome to Las Cruces ...

Las Cruces is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Las Cruces, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Las Cruces is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Las Cruces: 805 & 820<3>

Communities Also Named Las Cruces ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Las Cruces - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Las Cruces ...

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

  • Lompoc
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lompoc is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lompoc <4>
  • Solvang
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Solvang is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solvang
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solvang <4>
  • Buellton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Capitan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Capitan is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan
  • Ballard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Ynez
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Los Olivos
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cachuma Village
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Cachuma Village is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cachuma Village
  • Lompoc Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lompoc Village is located in Santa Barbara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc Village
  • Los Alamos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Las Cruces ...

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

Adding Las Cruces to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Las Cruces post office opened in 1869. The Las Cruces post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Las Cruces.

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 Las Cruces - 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 Las Cruces area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Las Cruces 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.
<5>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/