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Welcome to Loma Portal ...

Loma Portal is located in San Diego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loma Portal, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1915.

Loma Portal is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Loma Portal: 619 & 858<3>

Communities near Loma Portal ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Loma Portal.

  • San Diego
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Chula Vista
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • El Cajon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • National City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • La Mesa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Santee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
    • Santee is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <4>
  • Poway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
    • Poway is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <4>
  • Imperial Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lemon Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Coronado
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loma Portal ...

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

Adding Loma Portal to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Loma Portal post office opened in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loma Portal.

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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loma Portal - 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 619 code has been Overlayed with the 858 area code. New phone numbers in the Loma Portal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 619 or 858. As a result, placing a call in the Loma Portal 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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