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Welcome to Laguna Beach ...

Laguna Beach is located in Bay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Laguna Beach, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1946.

A typical abbreviation for Laguna Beach: Laguna Bch.

Laguna Beach is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Laguna Beach lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Laguna Beach (for example, toward Bristol), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Laguna Beach: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Laguna Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Laguna Beach - they are located in California and Missouri.

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

Communities near Laguna Beach ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Laguna Beach ...

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

Adding Laguna Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Laguna Beach post office opened in 1946.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Bay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Laguna Beach - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Laguna Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Laguna Beach 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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