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Welcome to Santa Susana ...

Santa Susana is located in Ventura County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Santa Susana, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

Santa Susana is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Santa Susana: 805 & 820<3>

Communities near Santa Susana ...

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

  • Santa Clarita
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Thousand Oaks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Camarillo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Moorpark
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • San Fernando
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Calabasas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Agoura Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Fillmore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Malibu
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu
    • Malibu is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malibu <4>
  • Westlake Village
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Santa Susana. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Santa Susana.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Santa Susana ...

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

Adding Santa Susana to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Santa Susana post office opened in 1904.

We also found Santa Susana mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Ventura, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Santa Susana - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 805 code has been Overlayed with the 820 area code. New phone numbers in the Santa Susana area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Santa Susana area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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