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Aromas is a town on the border of San Benito county and Monterey county. Aromas was formerly known as SandCut because of the tunnel built by the Southern Pacific railroad in the 1870s. According to local folk lore the name Aromas refereed to the odor of the sulphur water in this sleepy town. Another...
read more about Aromas, CA Real EstateThree tribes of Native Americans?the Ohlone, Esselen, and Salinan?were apparently the first people to inhabit the area now known as Big Sur. Archaeological evidence shows that they lived in Big Sur for thousands of years, leading a nomadic, hunter-gatherer existence.[2]
Few traces of their...
read more about Big Sur, CA Real EstateBig Sur is a sparsely populated region of the central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. The name "Big Sur" is derived from the original Spanish-language "el sur grande", meaning "the big south", or from "el país grande del sur", "the big country...
read more about Big Sur Coast, CA Real EstateThe Carmel-by-the-Sea area is permeated by Native American, early Spanish and American history (Blanks, 1965). Most scholars believe that the Esselen-speaking people were the first Native Americans to inhabit the area of Carmel, but the Ohlone people pushed them south into the mountains of Big Sur...
read more about Carmel, CA Real EstateCarmel Highlands is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States.[1] It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Carmel-by-the-Sea (better known as simply, "Carmel"),[2] at an elevation of 318 feet (97 m).[1] Carmel Highlands is located between Carmel to the north, and...
read more about Carmel Highlands, CA Real EstateCarmel Valley Village has a number of wine tasting rooms, as well as several high-end hotels affiliated with the wineries. Wineries with tasting rooms in Carmel Valley include Bernardus, Boëté, Chateau Julien, Chateau Sinnet, Galante, Georis, Heller Estate, Joullian Village, Parsonage, San Saba and...
read more about Carmel Valley, CA Real EstatePrior to incorporation (in 1953) the town was called Del Rey Woods.[2] The Del Rey Oaks post office opened in 1968.
Del Rey Oaks (formerly, Del Rey Woods)[2] is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. Del Rey Oaks is located just southeast of Seaside,[2] at an elevation of 82...
read more about Del Rey Oaks, CA Real EstateKing City was originally known as King's City for the founder, Charles King. In 1884 Charles King acquired 13,000 acres (53 km2) of the Mexican land grant Rancho San Lorenzo, and began growing 6,000 acres (24 km2) of wheat. The town began as a train stop in 1886 for the Southern Pacific Railroad to...
read more about King City, CA Real EstateWilliam Locke-Paddon founded the town on 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) of land he bought for the purpose.[2] The Marina post office opened in 1916.[2] Marina incorporated in 1975.[2] [edit] Demographics
Marina is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. The population was 25,101 at the...
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