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Aptos (Ohlone for "The People") [4] is an unincorporated town in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The town is made up of several small villages, which together form Aptos: Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, Aptos Village, Cabrillo, Seacliff, Rio del Mar, and Seascape. [3] Together, they have a combined population of 24,402.
Pleasure Point, on the northern Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz County, California, is a world-renowned surf location, traditionally defined as the area along the coast from 41st Ave to Moran Lagoon, up 30th Ave to Portola and over to 41st Ave down to the sea at the "Hook".
Rancho Aptos was a 6,686-acre (27.06 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to Rafael Castro. [1] The grant on the Monterey Bay was immediately downcoast of his sister, Martina Castro's Rancho Soquel , and upcoast of his father, José Joaquín Castro's Rancho San Andrés .
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley: R4.07: 428: Buena Vista Drive: Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley–La Selva Beach line: R6.69: 431: Mar Monte Avenue: Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley–La Selva Beach– Rio del Mar tripoint: R7.66: 432: San Andreas Road, Larkin Valley Road: Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley–Aptos– Rio del Mar tripoint: 8.35: 433A: Freedom Boulevard ...
Davenport lies along the coast of the Pacific Ocean, situated about 9 miles north of Santa Cruz, on Highway One.Originally on the banks of San Vicente Creek, the town expanded to the north during the twentieth century.
Shortly after its incorporation, the company purchased 55,000 acres (220 km 2) of land just north of Albuquerque, New Mexico, dubbing the new town Rio Rancho, New Mexico. It planned to subdivide and resell it to retirees and out-of-state vacationers. Rio Rancho slowly grew to a population of 1,000 by 1970.
In 1924 Daniel Pieri, Amerigo Del Chiaro, Angelo Del Chiaro, Alfred Tottino, and James Bellone formed the California Artichoke and Vegetable Growers Corporation. In 1995, they renamed the company "Ocean Mist Farms". [14] Giant Artichoke, a large statue of an artichoke, was erected near a restaurant of the same name in 1963. It is the largest ...
The decaying buildings were demolished and the 138-acre (56 ha) property was put up for sale in 1924, when a group of Freemasons from Fresno, California purchased it for use as a summer retreat. They laid out streets with names related to Freemasonry. The area continues to be under the auspices of the Paradise Park Masonic Club, with homes ...