Welcome to San de Fuca ...

San de Fuca is located on Whidbey Island.

San de Fuca is located in Island County<1>.

The pronunciation of San de Fuca: SAN-duh-FYOO-kuh<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of San de Fuca, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

San de Fuca is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: San de Fuca lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for San de Fuca: (360)

Communities near San de Fuca ...

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

• Oak Harbor
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Harbor
  • Oak Harbor is located in Island County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,643 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Harbor <4>
• Anacortes
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anacortes
  • Anacortes is located in Skagit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anacortes <4>
• Port Townsend
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Townsend
  • Port Townsend is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Townsend <4>
• Stanwood
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
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  • Stanwood is located in Snohomish County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,571 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanwood <4>
• Langley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
  • Langley is located in Island County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,148 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Langley <4>
• La Conner
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Conner
  • La Conner is located in Skagit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 958 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Conner <4>
• Camano
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camano
  • Camano is located in Island County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camano <4>
• Greenbank
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank
  • Greenbank is located in Island County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenbank <4>
• Utsalady
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utsalady
  • Utsalady is located in Snohomish County
• Marrowstone
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowstone
  • Marrowstone is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marrowstone <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San de Fuca ...

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

Adding San de Fuca to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the San de Fuca post office opened in 1890.

We also found San de Fuca in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for San de Fuca.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Island County: www.islandcounty.net/

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