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.
- Belle Glade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Indiantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pahokee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sand Cut ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sand Cut. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
- Sand Cut is located in Palm Beach County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sand Cut
- From Pelican Lake to Sand Cut
- Kraemer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kraemer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kraemer
- Kraemer is located in Palm Beach County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Kraemer
- From Pelican Lake to Kraemer
- Chosen ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chosen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chosen
- Chosen is located in Palm Beach County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Chosen
- From Pelican Lake to Chosen
- Torry Island ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Glade Camp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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 for Pelican Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
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> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |