Welcome to Ocean City ...

Ocean City is located on the Pacific coast of the Olympic Peninsula.

Ocean City is located in Grays Harbor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ocean City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1926.

Ocean City is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Ocean City lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Ocean City lies within the (360) area code.

The ZIP code for Ocean City: 98569<3>

Websites for Ocean City ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graysharbor.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ocean City, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Ocean City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Ocean City - they are located in Florida, Maryland and New Jersey.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ocean City.

Communities near Ocean City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ocean City.

• Aberdeen
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,827 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <4>
• Hoquiam
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoquiam
  • Hoquiam is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,699 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoquiam <4>
• Ocean Shores
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Shores
  • Ocean Shores is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,724 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean Shores <4>
• Westport
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
  • Westport is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,119 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westport <4>
• Copalis Crossing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copalis Crossing
  • Copalis Crossing is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copalis Crossing <4>
• Gray Gables
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray Gables have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables
  • Gray Gables is located in Grays Harbor County
• Pacific Beach
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific Beach
  • Pacific Beach is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacific Beach <4>
• Grays Harbor City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Harbor City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Harbor City
  • Grays Harbor City is located in Grays Harbor County
• Moclips
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moclips
  • Moclips is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moclips <4>
• Axford
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axford
  • Axford is located in Grays Harbor County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ocean City ...

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

Adding Ocean City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ocean City post office opened in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ocean City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ocean City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Grays Harbor County: www.co.grays-harbor.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/