Welcome to San Emigdio ...

San Emigdio is located in Kern County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Emigdio, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

San Emigdio is 1,680 feet [512 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for San Emigdio: 661

Communities near San Emigdio ...

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

• Arvin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvin
  • Arvin is located in Kern County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,757 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arvin <3>
• Wheeler Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Ridge
  • Wheeler Ridge is located in Kern County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheeler Ridge <3>
• Mettler
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mettler
  • Mettler is located in Kern County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mettler <3>
• Grapevine
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
  • Grapevine is located in Kern County
• Lake of the Woods
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
  • Lake of the Woods is located in Kern County
• Pine Mountain Club
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain Club
  • Pine Mountain Club is located in Kern County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Mountain Club <3>
• Frazier Park
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Park
  • Frazier Park is located in Kern County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frazier Park <3>
• Lebec
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebec
  • Lebec is located in Kern County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebec <3>
• San Emidio ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for San Emidio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Emidio
  • San Emidio is located in Kern County
• Alameda
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
  • Alameda is located in Kern 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 San Emigdio. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Emigdio.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Emigdio ...

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

Adding San Emigdio to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Emigdio in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for San Emigdio was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the San Emigdio post office opened in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Emigdio.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.ca.us/

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