Sunset Beach, California
Sunset Beach, California | |
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Neighborhood of Huntington Beach | |
Lifeguard station #10 at Sunset Beach | |
| Coordinates: 33°43′04″N 118°04′21″W / 33.71778°N 118.07250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Orange |
| City | Huntington Beach |
| CDP designation | September 8, 1904 |
| Annexed into Huntington Beach | August 2011 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.197 sq mi (0.511 km2) |
| • Land | 0.192 sq mi (0.498 km2) |
| • Water | 0.005 sq mi (0.013 km2) 2.49% |
| Elevation | 5.3 ft (1.6 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 971 |
| • Density | 4,900/sq mi (1,900/km2) |
| ZIP code | 90742 |
| Area code | 562 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sunset Beach, California | |
Sunset Beach is a Huntington Beach beachfront community in Orange County, California. It was established on September 8, 1904 and developed as a result of the 1920 discovery of oil in the Huntington Beach Oil Field. The census-designated place of Sunset Beach, and its population of 971 as of the 2010 census, was annexed by Huntington Beach in 2011. The elevation is 5.3 feet (1.6 m) above sea level and the community is stretched out along Pacific Coast Highway bracketed by the ocean and Huntington Harbour.