Welcome to Orcutt ...

Orcutt is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orcutt, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

Orcutt is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Orcutt: (805)

The ZIP code for Orcutt: 93455<3>

Communities Also Named Orcutt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Orcutt: This one is located in Santa Barbara County and the other is located in San Diego County.

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

Communities near Orcutt ...

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

• Santa Maria
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Maria
  • Santa Maria is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 105,851 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Maria <4>
• Lompoc
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc
  • Lompoc is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,253 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lompoc <4>
• Arroyo Grande
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Grande
  • Arroyo Grande is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,821 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arroyo Grande <4>
• Guadalupe
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
  • Guadalupe is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,140 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guadalupe <4>
• Betteravia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betteravia
  • Betteravia is located in Santa Barbara County
• Casmalia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casmalia
  • Casmalia is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casmalia <4>
• Garey
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garey
  • Garey is located in Santa Barbara County
• Vandenberg Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vandenberg Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandenberg Village
  • Vandenberg Village is located in Santa Barbara County
• Los Alamos
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • Los Alamos is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Alamos <4>
• Mission Hills
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
  • Mission Hills is located in Santa Barbara County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orcutt ...

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

Adding Orcutt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Orcutt post office opened in 1904.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orcutt.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Santa Barbara County: www.countyofsb.org/

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