Welcome to Santa Anita ...

Santa Anita is located in Los Angeles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Santa Anita, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

Santa Anita is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Santa Anita ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Santa Anita.

• Los Angeles
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
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  • Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,970,219 people
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• Glendale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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  • Glendale is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,747 people
  • Former name for Glendale:
  • Tropico
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• Pomona
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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  • Pomona is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 149,212 people
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• Pasadena
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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  • Pasadena is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,045 people
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• El Monte
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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  • El Monte is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,344 people
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• Downey
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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  • Downey is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,202 people
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• West Covina
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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  • West Covina is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,656 people
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• Norwalk
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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  • Norwalk is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,635 people
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• Burbank
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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  • Burbank is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,866 people
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  • From Santa Anita to Burbank
• Compton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
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  • Compton is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,967 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Compton <3>
  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Santa Anita to Compton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Santa Anita ...

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

Adding Santa Anita to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Santa Anita post office opened in 1886.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Santa Anita.