Welcome to Midway City ...

Midway City is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Midway City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1929.

Midway City is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Telephone area codes for Midway City: (714) and (657)<3>

The ZIP code for Midway City: 92655<4>

Websites for Midway City ...

Junior League:   www.jlocc.org/

Communities Also Named Midway City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Midway City - it's located in Nevada.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Midway City.

Communities near Midway City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Midway City.

• Long Beach
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
  • Long Beach is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 454,681 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <5>
• Anaheim
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaheim
  • Anaheim is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anaheim <5>
• Santa Ana
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Ana
  • Santa Ana is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 331,301 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Ana <5>
• Irvine
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
  • Irvine is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 283,700 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvine <5>
• Huntington Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Beach
  • Huntington Beach is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 198,246 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington Beach <5>
• Garden Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
  • Garden Grove is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 171,366 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Grove <5>
• Fullerton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
  • Fullerton is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 139,921 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fullerton <5>
• Orange
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Orange is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 138,192 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <5>
• Costa Mesa
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costa Mesa
  • Costa Mesa is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,366 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Costa Mesa <5>
• Downey
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
  • Downey is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,202 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downey <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Midway City ...

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

Adding Midway City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Midway City post office opened in 1929.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Midway City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Midway City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.oc.ca.gov/

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