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Welcome to Toro Canyon ...

Toro Canyon is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Toro Canyon: Toro Cyn. (or less commonly used: Toro Canyn. or Toro Cnyn.)

Toro Canyon is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Toro Canyon: 805 & 820<3>

Communities near Toro Canyon ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Toro Canyon.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Toro Canyon ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Barbara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Toro Canyon - 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 Toro Canyon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Toro Canyon 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.