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Welcome to San Blas ...

San Blas is located in Bay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Blas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

San Blas is near sea level<2>.

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

Note: If you leave San Blas and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for San Blas: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named San Blas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named San Blas - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near San Blas ...

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

  • Panama City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynn Haven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Callaway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Panama City Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Springfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Mexico Beach
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hiland Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hiland Park is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiland Park
  • Magnolia Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Magnolia Beach is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Beach
  • Lower Grand Lagoon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lower Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Grand Lagoon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Blas ...

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

Adding San Blas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Blas 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 San Blas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the San Blas post office opened in 1912. The San Blas post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Blas.

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 San Blas - 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 San Blas area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the San Blas 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/