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Welcome to San Lucas ...

San Lucas is located in Monterey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Lucas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

San Lucas is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for San Lucas: 831

The ZIP code for San Lucas: 93954<3>

Websites for San Lucas ...

Junior League:   www.jlmontereycounty.org/

Communities near San Lucas ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Lucas ...

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

Adding San Lucas to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the San Lucas post office opened in 1887.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Monterey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around San Lucas - 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 San Lucas). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether San Lucas 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/