Welcome to Seal Beach ...

The coastal city of Seal Beach is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seal Beach, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

The city was incorporated October 27, 1915.

A typical abbreviation for Seal Beach: Seal Bch.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Seal Beach has a population of 24,052 people<2> (see below for details).

Seal Beach is near sea level<3>.

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

The area code for Seal Beach: (562)

The ZIP code for Seal Beach: 90740<4>

Websites for Seal Beach ...

Official Website:   www.ci.seal-beach.ca.us/

Junior League:   www.jlocc.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Seal Beach had an population of 24,052 people. This is a decrease of 0.48% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 0.43% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Seal Beach had a population of 24,168 people. This makes Seal Beach the county's 29th most populous community.

The population of Seal Beach represents 0.06% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 268th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 24,168 people, the population of Seal Beach has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 24,157 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Seal Beach.

Communities near Seal Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Seal Beach.

• Anaheim
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaheim
  • Anaheim is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anaheim <5>
• Santa Ana
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Ana
  • Santa Ana is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 331,301 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Ana <5>
• Irvine
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
  • Irvine is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 283,700 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvine <5>
• Huntington Beach
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Beach
  • Huntington Beach is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 198,246 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington Beach <5>
• Garden Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
  • Garden Grove is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 171,366 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Grove <5>
• Torrance
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrance
  • Torrance is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,553 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Torrance <5>
• Fullerton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
  • Fullerton is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 139,921 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fullerton <5>
• Orange
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Orange is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 138,192 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <5>
• Costa Mesa
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costa Mesa
  • Costa Mesa is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,366 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Costa Mesa <5>
• Downey
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
  • Downey is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,202 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downey <5>

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Seal Beach. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Seal Beach.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seal Beach ...

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

Adding Seal Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Seal Beach 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 Seal Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Seal Beach post office opened in 1914.

We also found Seal Beach mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seal Beach.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Seal Beach: www.ci.seal-beach.ca.us/

The official website for Orange County: www.oc.ca.gov/

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