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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.
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 .
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1] There are 46 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. Another four properties were once listed but have been removed.
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It is identified as one of several small communities with a combined population of 24,402 forming the unincorporated town of Aptos by the local Chamber of Commerce along with:
Rancho de Aptos was a sheep ranch of Mission Santa Cruz shown on documents dating to July 5, 1807. [4] 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.
Andrew Molera State Park; El Sur Ranch Monterey: Tularcitos: 1834 José Figueroa: Rafael Gomez 26,581 acres (10,757 ha) 3 SD Monterey: Los Alamitos: 1834 José Figueroa: Juan Jose Nieto: 28,027 acres (11,342 ha) 140 SD Los Alamitos, Seal Beach: Orange: Las Bolsas: 1834 José Figueroa: Catarina Ruiz: 33,460 acres (13,541 ha) 208 SD
The beach was originally home to the Ohlone people. [1] Spanish missionaries established the Mission Santa Cruz about eight miles west of here. In 1821, when Mexico gained independence from Spain, the area was divided up into land grants. [2] The area of the beach was a part of the Rancho Aptos grant to Rafael Castro in 1833. [3]
Rancho geography remains readily visible in this L.A. County map created the year before the establishment of neighboring Orange County (1888) Federal Writers' Project map of the ranchos of Los Angeles County (1937); appears to be in the same style as many American Guide Series maps so possibly produced but not used for Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs