Area code 805 is a
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
telephone area code. Area code 805 includes most or all of the
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
counties of San Luis Obispo,
Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County. As of 2000 the county had a population of 399,347. The estimated total population of Santa Barbara County as of January 2006 was 421,625, according to...
, and
VenturaVentura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California . It is located on California's Pacific coast. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country...
, plus southernmost portions of Monterey County.
Area code 805 was split from Los Angeles'
213North American area code 213 is a California telephone area code which was one of California's original three area codes. The 213 area code was created in October 1947...
in 1957.
On February 13, 1999, the inland areas (San Joaquin Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Antelope Valley) of area code 805 split into
area code 661California area code 661 covers the majority of California's Kern County, as well as part of Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, and Tulare County...
.
Area code 805 also serves the U.S.
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Area code 805 is a
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
telephone area code. Area code 805 includes most or all of the
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
counties of San Luis Obispo,
Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County. As of 2000 the county had a population of 399,347. The estimated total population of Santa Barbara County as of January 2006 was 421,625, according to...
, and
VenturaVentura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California . It is located on California's Pacific coast. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country...
, plus southernmost portions of Monterey County.
Area code 805 was split from Los Angeles'
213North American area code 213 is a California telephone area code which was one of California's original three area codes. The 213 area code was created in October 1947...
in 1957.
On February 13, 1999, the inland areas (San Joaquin Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Antelope Valley) of area code 805 split into
area code 661California area code 661 covers the majority of California's Kern County, as well as part of Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, and Tulare County...
.
Area code 805 also serves the U.S. military facilities in
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Republic of the Marshall IslandsThe Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. This nation of roughly 62,000 people is located north of Nauru and...
with a Paso Robles
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. This arrangement likely originated from Kwajalein's close-ties with
Vandenberg Air Force BaseVandenberg Air Force Base is a United States military installation with a spaceport, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is also a census-designated place with a population of 6,151 as of the 2000 census. The base is named in honor of former Air Force Chief of Staff General...
in the missile test program.
Monterey CountyMonterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2000, the population was 401,762. The county seat is Salinas...
- Bradley
Bradley is a census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States. Bradley is located on the Salinas River south-southeast of San Ardo, at an elevation of 548 feet...
- Parkfield
Parkfield is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It is located on Little Chalome Creek east of Bradley, at an elevation of 1529 feet...
San Luis Obispo CountySan Luis Obispo County is a county located along the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2000 its population was 246,681...
- Arroyo Grande
Arroyo Grande is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 15,851 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Arroyo Grande is located at ....
- Atascadero
Atascadero is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, about equidistant from San Francisco and Los Angeles. It is the sister city of Roanoke, Virginia...
- Avila Beach
Avila Beach is an unincorporated area in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA with a population of 797, located about 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The town was established in the latter half of the 19th century, when it served as the main shipping port for San Luis Obispo...
- Baywood-Los Osos
Baywood-Los Osos is a census-designated place and an unincorporated census area located in western San Luis Obispo County, California, U.S., near the city of San Luis Obispo. The population was 14,351 at the 2000 census...
- California Valley
California Valley is an unincorporated community located in the eastern part of San Luis Obispo County, California, in the northern portion of the Carrizo Plain.Located * 168.3 miles northwest of Los Angeles...
- Cambria
Cambria is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 6,232 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cambria is located at...
- Cayucos
Cayucos is a census-designated place located on the coast in San Luis Obispo County, California. The population was 2,943 at the 2000 census.-History:...
- Cholame
Cholame, California is an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. It sits within a mile of the San Andreas Rift Zone fault line at an elevation of 1,157 feet above sea level and is located at . Cholame is reached via State Route 41, just southwest of the junction of...
- Grover Beach
Grover Beach is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 13,067 at the 2000 census. This city was originally called, "Grover City"...
- Halcyon
Halcyon, California is an unincorporated community of approximately 125 acres in San Luis Obispo County, California, located just beyond the southern border of the city of Arroyo Grande, at...
- Harmony
Harmony is an unincorporated town located in San Luis Obispo County, California. It lies north of Cayucos and south of Cambria on SR 1, near the junction with SR 46. The ZIP Code is 93435...
- Lake Nacimiento
Lake Nacimiento is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 2,176 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lake Nacimiento is located at ....
- Los Osos
Los Osos is an unincorporated community located along the Pacific coast of western San Luis Obispo County, California. The community is combined with Baywood Park to form the Census Designated Place of Baywood-Los Osos...
- Morro Bay
Morro Bay is a waterfront city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,350.- History :The prehistory of Morro Bay relates to Chumash settlement, particularly near the mouth of Morro Creek...
- Nipomo
Nipomo is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 12,626 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nipomo is located at ....
- Oceano
Oceano is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 7,260 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Oceano is located at ....
- Paso Robles
Paso Robles is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Paso Robles is the fastest growing city in San Luis Obispo County: Its population at the 2000 census was 24,297; by 2007 this number had risen to 29,297, with a greater area population of 41,249...
- Pismo Beach
Pismo Beach is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 8,551 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.4 square miles...
- Pozo
Pozo is an unincorporated area along the former Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach route. The closest communities appearing on road maps are California Valley and Santa Margarita. It is Feature ID 247764 in the US Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database...
- San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. The city, referred to locally as "SLO" or "San Luis", is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University...
- San Miguel
San Miguel is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,427.-Geography:San Miguel is located at ....
- San Simeon
San Simeon is an unincorporated settlement on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California. Its position along State Route 1 is approximately halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those cities being roughly 230 mi away...
- Santa Margarita
Santa Margarita is an unincorporated town is located in San Luis Obispo County, California founded in 1897 near Cuesta Peak and San Luis Obispo along State Route 58. It's one of the most rural areas in San Luis Obispo County The town's name comes from the name issued by the Mexican government to...
- Shandon
Shandon is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 986 at the 2000 census.-Setting:...
- Templeton
Templeton is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 4,687 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
Santa Barbara CountySanta Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County. As of 2000 the county had a population of 399,347. The estimated total population of Santa Barbara County as of January 2006 was 421,625, according to...
- Ballard
Ballard is an unincorporated town in California, with a population of less than 1,000. The town of Ballard is one of the communities that make up the Santa Ynez Valley. The nearest city is Solvang. The ZIP Code is 93463, and the community is inside area code 805.Ballard was founded in 1880 at the...
- Buellton
Buellton is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The city of Buellton is one of the communities that make up the Santa Ynez Valley...
- Carpinteria
Carpinteria is a small oceanside city located in the southeastern extremity of Santa Barbara County, California, east of Santa Barbara and northwest of Ventura...
- Casmalia
Casmalia is an unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California located just outside the borders of Vandenberg Air Force Base about southwest of Santa Maria. Approximately 200 people live in and near Casmalia...
- Cuyama
Cuyama is a small agricultural town in Santa Barbara County. California. It is located in the Cuyama Valley, near the Carrizo Plain. The Cuyama River runs adjacent to the town, flowing west towards the Pacific Ocean. The unincorporated town is not listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a...
- Garey
Garey is a unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California located east of U.S. Route 101 about southeast of Santa Maria and north of Sisquoc. Approximately 200 people live in and near Garey. The ZIP Code is 93454, and the community is inside area code 805....
- Gaviota
Gaviota is an unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California located about west of Santa Barbara and south of Buellton. Approximately 35 people live in and near Gaviota. The ZIP Code is 93117, and the community is inside area code 805....
- Goleta
Goleta is a city located in southern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It was incorporated as a new city in 2002, after a long time as being the largest unincorporated, populated area in the county...
- Guadalupe
Guadalupe is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The population was 6,659 estimated in 2007. It was incorporated as a city on May 19, 1946. It is economically and socially tied to the city of Santa Maria.-Geography:...
- Hope Ranch
Hope Ranch is an unincorporated suburb of Santa Barbara, California, located in Santa Barbara County. As of the 2000 census, the area had an approximate population of 2,200. The ZIP codes are 93105 and 93110, and the community is in area code 805.-Geography:...
- Isla Vista
Isla Vista is an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 18,344. The majority of residents are college students at nearby UC Santa Barbara or at Santa Barbara City College...
- Lompoc
Lompoc is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The population was 41,103 at the 2000 census.- History :Prior to the Spanish conquest, the area was inhabited by the Chumash tribe...
- Los Alamos
For other places named Los Alamos, see Los Alamos, New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory.Los Alamos is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Although located in the Los Alamos Valley, the town of Los Alamos is usually considered to be a part of the...
- Los Olivos
Los Olivos is an unincorporated place in Santa Barbara County, California. Approximately 1000 people live in and near Los Olivos...
- Mission Canyon
Mission Canyon is a census-designated place and an unincorporated suburb of Santa Barbara, California, in Santa Barbara County, United States. The population was 2,610 at the 2000 census....
- Mission Hills
Mission Hills is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, a short distance north of Lompoc on Highway 1. The population was 3,142 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mission Hills is located at ....
- Montecito
Montecito is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 10,000, although the boundaries are ill-defined. Montecito is among the wealthiest communities in the United States...
- New Cuyama
New Cuyama is an unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California, in the United States. It was named after the Chumash Indian word for "clams", most likely due to the millions of petrified prehistoric clamshells that grace the surrounding areas. The town is home to the majority of the...
- Orcutt
Orcutt is an unincorporated suburb of Santa Maria, California, and a census-designated place; it is in Santa Barbara County, California, United States...
- Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the west coast, between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea, and having a Mediterranean climate, it is called California's...
- Santa Maria
Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. Santa Maria's estimated population in November 2008 was 91,972 and has surpassed that of Santa Barbara, making it the largest city in the county. The estimated population of the area is about 161,227, which includes...
- Santa Ynez
Santa Ynez is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The town of Santa Ynez is one of the communities that make up the Santa Ynez Valley, serving general aviation needs for the valley with the paved 2804 x 75 foot Santa Ynez Airport. The population was 4,584...
- Sisquoc
Sisquoc is a unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California located east of U.S. Route 101 about southeast of Santa Maria and south of Garey. Approximately 350 people live in and near Sisquoc. The ZIP Code is 93454, and the community is inside area code 805....
- Solvang
Solvang is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The city of Solvang is one of the communities that make up the Santa Ynez Valley. The population was 5,332 at the 2000 census....
- Summerland
Summerland is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The population was 1,545 at the 2000 census.The town includes a school and a Presbyterian Church...
- Toro Canyon
Toro Canyon is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The population was 1,697 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Toro Canyon is located at...
- Vandenberg AFB
Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States military installation with a spaceport, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is also a census-designated place with a population of 6,151 as of the 2000 census. The base is named in honor of former Air Force Chief of Staff General...
- Vandenberg Village
Vandenberg Village is a census-designated place in the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The population was 5,802 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Vandenberg Village is located at ....
- Ventucopa
Ventucopa is an unincorporated town in the Cuyama Valley of Santa Barbara County, California. It lies on State Route 33 near the eastern shore of the Cuyama River, about southeast of Cuyama. It is essentially isolated from the rest of Santa Barbara County; travel to other communities in the...
Ventura CountyVentura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California . It is located on California's Pacific coast. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country...
- Bardsdale
Bardsdale is a small unincorporated community in the agricultural belt on the Santa Clara River in Ventura County, California, United States. The closest town is Fillmore. Bardsdale is a center of citrus and avocado farming, and is home to the Bardsdale United Methodist Church, a Ventura County...
- Buckhorn
Buckhorn is a small unincorporated community in Ventura County, California, United States. The ZIP Code is 93040, and the community is inside area code 805.-Politics:...
- Camarillo
Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 57,077 at the 2000 census. A January 1, 2006, California Department of Finance estimate lists the population at 64,034. The Ventura Freeway Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The...
- Casa Conejo
Casa Conejo is a census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States. It was the first planned community in Newbury Park, built between 1960 and 1965. The community is bordered by Old Conejo Road and the US 101 to the North, Borchard Road to the South, Jenny Dr. to the West, and...
- Channel Islands Beach
Channel Islands Beach is a census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 3,142 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Channel Islands Beach is located at ....
- El Rio
El Rio is a small unincorporated census-designated town in Ventura County, California, USA, on the northeast side of the 101 Freeway and Oxnard, and south of the Santa Clara River...
- Fillmore
Fillmore is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 13,643 at the 2000 census.- History :Fillmore was founded in 1888 by Jerome A. Fillmore, General Superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. On August 1 1888, a street map of the town of Fillmore was recorded...
- La Conchita
La Conchita is a small unincorporated community in western Ventura County, California, on U.S. Route 101 just southeast of the Santa Barbara county line...
- Lake Sherwood
Lake Sherwood is an unincorporated community in Ventura County, California overlooking the lake of the same name. It is south of the city of Thousand Oaks, and west of Westlake Village in Los Angeles County. The ZIP Code is 91361, and the community is inside area code 805. Parts of The Muppet Movie...
- Meiners Oaks
Meiners Oaks is a census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 3,750 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Mira Monte
Mira Monte is a census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States. According to the 2000 census, the population of Mira Monte is 7,177, making it the second largest town in the Ojai Valley.-Geography:...
- Moorpark
Moorpark is a city of 37,342 people, in Southern California. It was founded in 1900 by Robert Poindexter, presumably named after the moorpark apricots that grew in the area. The city has experienced a great amount of growth since the late 1970s.-The Name:...
- Newbury Park
The community of Newbury Park, California is located in the western portion of the city of Thousand Oaks and Casa Conejo, an unincorporated area of southern Ventura County. It is located in the East County area of Ventura County in the Conejo Valley, the northwestern portion of the Greater Los...
- Oak View
Oak View is a census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States located in the western portion of the Ojai Valley situated between the towns of Casitas Springs and Mira Monte . According to the 2000 census, the population of Oak View is 4,199, making it the third largest town...
- Ojai
Ojai is a city in Ventura County, California, USA. It is situated in the Ojai Valley, surrounded by hills and mountains. In 2003, the estimated population was 8,006, making it one of the smaller towns in the county.-History:Chumash Indians were the early inhabitants of the valley...
- Oxnard
Oxnard is the largest city in Ventura County, California in terms of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is one of the world's most important agricultural centers, with its distinction as the strawberry and lima bean capital...
- Piru
Piru is a census-designated small town located in Eastern Ventura County, California, in the Santa Clara River Valley near the Santa Clara River and State Route 126, about seven miles east of Fillmore and about west of Interstate 5. The population at the time of the 2000 census was 1,196...
- Point Mugu
Point Mugu , California is an unincorporated area and geographical promontory on the Pacific coast in Ventura County, near the town of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. The name is believed to be derived from the Chumash Indian term Muwu, meaning beach, which was first mentioned by Cabrillo in...
- Port Hueneme
Port Hueneme is a small beach city in Ventura County, California surrounded by the city of Oxnard and the Pacific Ocean. The name derives from the Spanish spelling of the Chumash wene me, meaning "resting-place". Area was discovered by Cabrillo in 1542 and the original city of Hueneme is the...
- Santa Paula
Santa Paula is a city within Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 28,598 at the 2000 census. It has been dubbed the "Citrus Capital of the World." As the initial headquarters of the Union Oil Company of California, Santa Paula was one of the early centers of California's...
- Saticoy
Saticoy is a small unincorporated town in Ventura County, California. It lies in the Santa Clara River Valley, south of the intersection of Wells Road and the Santa Paula Freeway, on the east side of Ventura, and north of the Santa Clara River at the head of the delta.Saticoy is located on part of...
- Simi Valley
Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in a valley of the same name in the southeast corner of Ventura County, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
- Somis
|}Somis is an unincorporated area of Ventura County, California, just north of the Camarillo city limits. Its generally recognized boundaries are the areas around the intersection of Los Angeles Avenue and Somis Road . Its official boundaries are any residences in the 93066 ZIP Code...
- Thousand Oaks
Thousand Oaks, commonly referred to as "T.O." by residents, is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak....
- Ventura
San Buenaventura, commonly referred to as Ventura, is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. Ventura has a population of 106,744. Ventura is accessible via U.S. Route 101, State Route 33, and State Route 126....
- Westlake Village
Westlake Village is an incorporated city located on the western edge of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city, located in the region known as the Conejo Valley, encompasses half of the area surrounding Westlake Lake, and small neighborhoods primarily south of U.S. Route 101 and...
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