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Welcome to Lemon Grove ...

The city of Lemon Grove is located in San Diego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lemon Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

The city was incorporated July 1, 1977.

A typical abbreviation for Lemon Grove: Lemon Grv.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Lemon Grove has a population of 26,669 people<2> (see below for details).

Lemon Grove is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Lemon Grove: 619 & 858<4>

The ZIP codes for Lemon Grove: 91945-91946<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lemon Grove had an population of 26,669 people. This is an increase of 5.33% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 7.03% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Lemon Grove had a population of 25,320 people. This makes Lemon Grove the county's 15th most populous community.

The population of Lemon Grove represents 0.07% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 261st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 25,320 people, the population of Lemon Grove increased 1.61% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 24,918 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Lemon Grove.

Communities Also Named Lemon Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lemon Grove - it's located in Florida.

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

Websites for Lemon Grove ...

Official Website: www.ci.lemon-grove.ca.us/

Communities near Lemon Grove ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lemon Grove ...

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

Adding Lemon Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Lemon Grove post office opened in 1893.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lemon Grove.

The official website for Lemon Grove: www.ci.lemon-grove.ca.us/

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Diego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Lemon Grove.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lemon Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 619 code has been Overlayed with the 858 area code. New phone numbers in the Lemon Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 619 or 858. As a result, placing a call in the Lemon Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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 city (such as Lemon Grove). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lemon Grove or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Lemon Grove includes: 91945 & 91946.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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