Welcome to San Miguel ...

San Miguel is located in San Francisco County<1>.

The location of San Miguel has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Miguel, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

San Miguel is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named San Miguel ...

While we believe that this San Miguel is located in San Francisco County, we know of another 3 California communities named San Miguel. Those communities are located in the following counties: San Luis Obispo, Sonoma and Ventura County.

Beyond California, there are 12 communities that are also named San Miguel - they are located in Arizona (2), Colorado (2), New Mexico (4) and Texas.

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

Communities near San Miguel ...

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

• Oakland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Oakland is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 424,891 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <4>
• Berkeley
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
  • Berkeley is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 122,726 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berkeley <4>
• Richmond
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Richmond is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,038 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <4>
• Daly City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daly City
  • Daly City is located in San Mateo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 105,868 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daly City <4>
• San Mateo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Mateo
  • San Mateo is located in San Mateo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,398 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Mateo <4>
• San Leandro
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Leandro
  • San Leandro is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,161 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Leandro <4>
• Alameda
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
  • Alameda is located in Alameda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 78,841 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alameda <4>
• South San Francisco
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South San Francisco
  • South San Francisco is located in San Mateo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South San Francisco <4>
• San Rafael
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
  • San Rafael is located in Marin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,528 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Rafael <4>
• San Bruno
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bruno
  • San Bruno is located in San Mateo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,051 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Bruno <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Miguel ...

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

Adding San Miguel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the San Miguel post office opened in 1878.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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