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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)
  • Wheeler Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mettler
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grapevine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Grapevine is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
  • Lake of the Woods
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lake of the Woods is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
  • Pine Mountain Club
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Frazier Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lebec
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • San Emidio ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • San Emidio is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Emidio
  • Alameda
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Alameda is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda

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 (so far) for San Emigdio was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the San Emigdio post office opened in 1881. The San Emigdio post office closed in 1886.

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

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 San Emigdio - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/