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Welcome to Pelican Lake (aka 'Pelican Bay') ...

Pelican Lake is located in Palm Beach County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pelican Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1939.

A typical abbreviation for Pelican Lake: Pelican Lk.

Pelican Lake is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Pelican Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Pelican Lake: 561 & 728<3>

The community of Pelican Lake has also been called Pelican Bay.

Communities Also Named Pelican Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Pelican Lake - they are located in Minnesota, Saskatchewan and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Pelican Lake ...

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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pelican Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pelican Lake.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pelican Lake ...

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

Adding Pelican Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pelican Lake 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 (so far) for Pelican Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pelican Lake post office opened in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pelican Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Palm Beach, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pelican Lake - 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 561 code has been Overlayed with the 728 area code. New phone numbers in the Pelican Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 561 or 728. As a result, placing a call in the Pelican Lake 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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