La Honda, California
La Honda | |
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State Route 84 in downtown La Honda | |
Location of La Honda in San Mateo County, California. | |
| Coordinates: 37°19′9″N 122°16′27″W / 37.31917°N 122.27417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Mateo |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.264 sq mi (11.044 km2) |
| • Land | 4.256 sq mi (11.023 km2) |
| • Water | 0.008 sq mi (0.021 km2) 0.19% |
| Elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 979 |
| • Density | 230/sq mi (89/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 94020 |
| Area code | 650 |
| FIPS code | 06-39318 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2628746 |
La Honda (Spanish for "The Sling") is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern San Mateo County, California, United States. 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.