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Welcome to Lost Hills ...

Lost Hills is located in Kern County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lost Hills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Lost Hills is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lost Hills: 661

The ZIP code for Lost Hills: 93249<3>

Communities near Lost Hills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lost Hills.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lost Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lost Hills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lost Hills ...

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

Adding Lost Hills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lost Hills post office opened in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lost Hills.

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 Lost Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Lost Hills). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lost Hills or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/