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Welcome to Santa Maria ...

Santa Maria is located in Santa Rosa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Santa Maria, you might consider that their post office opened in 1934.

Santa Maria is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Santa Maria: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Santa Maria ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Santa Maria - they are located in Arizona, California (2), Colorado and Texas.

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

Communities near Santa Maria ...

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

  • Brewton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brewton is located in Escambia County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,141 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewton <4>
  • East Brewton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jay is located in Santa Rosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <4>
  • Riverview
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverview is located in Escambia County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
  • Otahite ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Otahite is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otahite
  • Bradley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley is located in Escambia County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Roberts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Roberts is located in Escambia County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
  • Cannon Town
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cannon Town is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Town
  • Baker
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Falco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Falco is located in Covington County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falco

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Santa Maria ...

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

Adding Santa Maria to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Santa Maria in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Santa Maria was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Santa Maria post office opened in 1934. The Santa Maria post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Santa Maria.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Santa Rosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Santa Maria - 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 Santa Maria area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Santa Maria 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/