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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 .
The ranchos established permanent land-use patterns. The rancho boundaries became the basis for California's land survey system, and are found on modern maps and land titles. The "rancheros" (rancho owners) patterned themselves after the landed gentry of New Spain, and were primarily devoted to raising cattle and sheep.
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:
James Black 10,786 acres (4,365 ha) 48 ND Freestone: Sonoma: Muniz: 1845 Pio Pico: Manuel Torres 17,761 acres (7,188 ha) 95 ND Fort Ross: Sonoma: Roblar de la Miseria: 1845 Pio Pico: Juan Nepomuceno Padilla: 16,887 acres (6,834 ha) 30 ND Roblar, Two Rock: Sonoma: Fernandez: 1846 Pio Pico: Dionisio Fernandez 17,806 acres (7,206 ha) 377 ND Butte ...
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farming, and fruit orchards flourished and faded.
The beach's most notable feature is the World War I concrete ship SS Palo Alto formerly lying at the end of a wooden pier. The unfinished ship was hauled to Seacliff Beach in 1930 by the Cal-Nevada Company, beached, and turned into an amusement center, complete with a ballroom, a cafe, [ 2 ] a 4-foot heated pool, and carnival booths.
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