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Welcome to San Pasqual ...

San Pasqual is located in San Diego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Pasqual, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

San Pasqual is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named San Pasqual ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named San Pasqual - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near San Pasqual ...

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

  • Escondido
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • El Cajon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Vista
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <3>
  • San Marcos
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Encinitas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Santee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
    • Santee is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <3>
  • Poway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
    • Poway is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <3>
  • Solana Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Ramona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rancho Bernardo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Pasqual ...

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

Adding San Pasqual to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Pasqual 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 San Pasqual was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

X2X - From that list, the San Pasqual post office opened in 1874.

We also found San Pasqual in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

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

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Diego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around San Pasqual - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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