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06-64224. GNIS feature IDs. 277589, 2411768. Website. www.cityofsalinas.org. Salinas (/ səˈliːnəs /; Spanish for "Salt Flats") is a city in the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Monterey County. With a population of 163,542 in the 2020 Census, Salinas is the most populous city in Monterey County. [10]
Salinas Valley, on River Road near Greenfield. The Salinas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Salinas) [1][2] is one of the major valleys and most productive agricultural regions in California. [3] It is located west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley.
The Salinas River ( Rumsen: ua kot taiauačorx) [ 6] is the longest river of the Central Coast region of California, running 175 miles (282 km) and draining 4,160 square miles (10,800 km 2 ). [ 7] It flows north-northwest and drains the Salinas Valley that slices through the central California Coast Ranges south of Monterey Bay. [ 3]
The Steinbeck House is a turreted Victorian building at 132 Central Avenue in downtown Salinas. It is a two-story wood framed Queen Anne style residence constructed in 1897–98. The house is on a concrete foundation with a full basement. Exterior walls are a combination of horizontal wood siding and buttwood shingles.
Website. www.steinbeck.org. The National Steinbeck Center is a museum and memorial dedicated to the author John Steinbeck, located at the California State University, Monterey Bay at Salinas City Center building at One Main Street in Salinas, California, the town where Steinbeck grew up. The Steinbeck Center Foundation was founded in 1983; the ...
Old Hilltown, formerly Hill Town, is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. [1] It is located on the north side of the Salinas River 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southwest of Salinas on California State Route 68, [2] at an elevation of 46 feet (14 m), [1] approximately two miles from Spreckels, California The name is from James ...
Springtown, California. / 36.64472°N 121.66444°W / 36.64472; -121.66444. Springtown (formerly, Confederate Corners) [ 2] is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States. [ 1]
06-73612. GNIS feature ID. 1659842. Spreckels is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Salinas Valley of Monterey County, California, United States. [4] Spreckels is located 3 miles (5 km) south of Salinas, at an elevation of 62 ft (19 m). [6][4] Its population was 692 at the 2020 census.