La Honda, California

La Honda
State Route 84 in downtown La Honda
State Route 84 in downtown La Honda
Location of La Honda in San Mateo County, California.
Location of La Honda in San Mateo County, California.
La Honda is located in California
La Honda
La Honda
Location within the state of California
La Honda is located in the United States
La Honda
La Honda
La Honda (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°19′9″N 122°16′27″W / 37.31917°N 122.27417°W / 37.31917; -122.27417
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySan Mateo
Area
 • Total4.262 sq mi (11.038 km2)
 • Land4.247 sq mi (10.999 km2)
 • Water0.015 sq mi (0.039 km2)  0.35%
Elevation715 ft (218 m)
Population
 • Total979
 • Density230/sq mi (89/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
94020[4]
Area code650
FIPS code06-39318
GNIS feature ID2628746

La Honda (Spanish for "The Sling")[5] is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern San Mateo County, California, United States.[2] The population was 979 at the 2020 census. It is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains between the Santa Clara Valley and California's Pacific coast. La Honda is near the La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve and State Route 84 on the ocean side of the Coastal Range.

The ZIP Code for La Honda is 94020 and the area code is 650. Land-line numbers in the La Honda telephone exchange follow the pattern 747-xxxx while wired telephones in and around the Middleton Tract (along Portola State Park Road) work out of the Los Altos exchange with 94x-xxxx numbers. Per the U.S. Geological Survey, Lahonda is a historic variant of the modern spelling.

  1. ^ U.S. Census Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: La Honda, California
  3. ^ "Census Data: La Honda (cdp)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "ZIP Code by City and State". U.S. Postal Service. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. pp. 179.