Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Goleta (/ ɡ ə ˈ l iː t ə / goh-LEE-tuh; Spanish:; Spanish for "schooner") [12] is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, United States.It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated populated area in the county.
When the City of Goleta was incorporated in 2001, the residents of Goleta successfully persuaded LAFCO to exclude Isla Vista from the new city's boundaries. Many observers noted that Isla Vistans shop mostly in Goleta, because county planners channeled commercial business development into Goleta. [5]
The 21-mile-long (34 km) section of US 101 from the north boundary of Goleta to State Route 1 at Las Cruces is designated by the state as a scenic highway. [66] While the highway turns inland at Gaviota State Park, the coastal bluff section of the rail line is longer at 30 miles (48 km) traversing areas mostly inaccessible to the public.
The rancho stretched along the Gaviota Coast to the northwest of today's city of Santa Barbara, from Fairview Avenue in Goleta (at that time in the middle of Goleta Slough) to the southeastern boundary of today's El Capitan State Beach. [2] [3] A 500-acre parcel (200 ha) was bought by Colin Powys Campbell in 1919.
It is near the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the city of Goleta. The airport was annexed to the city of Santa Barbara by a 7-mile-long (11 km), 300-foot-wide (91 m) corridor, mostly under the Pacific Ocean (a shoestring annexation). Most of the airport is 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) above sea level and borders a wetland area ...
Location of Santa Barbara County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Barbara County, California.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
The Sexton House in Goleta, California is a two-story Italianate style house that was built in 1880. It was designed by architect Peter J. Barber. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1992 as 'Joseph and Lucy Foster Sexton House. The listing includes, in addition to the main house, four contributing ...
Mule-powered street railways were implemented in 1875 and were gradually replaced by electric streetcars in 1896. The streetcars made their last run on July 1, 1929; about a month later, the Santa Barbara Transit Corporation company started providing local bus service (H.A. Spreitz, its owner, already operated another bus company that served the suburban areas of Goleta and Carpinteria.