Welcome to Venice ...

Venice is located in Los Angeles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Venice, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

Venice is near sea level<2>.

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

Area codes for Venice: (310) and (424)<3>

The ZIP codes for Venice: 90291, 90294<4>

Communities Also Named Venice ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Venice - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida (2), Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington (2).

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

Communities near Venice ...

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

• Los Angeles
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,970,219 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Angeles <5>
• Glendale
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
  • Glendale is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,747 people
  • Former name for Glendale:
  • Tropico
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendale <5>
• Torrance
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • 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>
• Downey
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • 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>
• Inglewood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
  • Inglewood is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 107,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inglewood <5>
• Burbank
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
  • Burbank is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burbank <5>
• Compton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
  • Compton is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,967 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Compton <5>
• South Gate
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate
  • South Gate is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,134 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Gate <5>
• Carson
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Carson is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,860 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carson <5>
• Hawthorne
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
  • Hawthorne is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,775 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawthorne <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 Venice. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Venice.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Venice. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Venice.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Venice ...

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

Adding Venice to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Venice post office opened in 1905.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Venice.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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