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Rancho Nipomo Dana Adobe and re-enactor, 2012. Rancho Nipomo was a 37,888-acre (153.33 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to William Goodwin Dana. [2] The grant encompassed present day Nipomo. [3] [4] [5] The ranch is designated as a California Historical ...
The Dana Adobe & Cultural Center or "Casa de Dana" is a historic landmark in Nipomo, California. It was the home of Boston sea captain William Goodwin Dana, who in 1837 was granted the 37,888-acre (153.33 km 2 ) Rancho Nipomo in Southern California .
Nipomo (/ n ə ˈ p oʊ m oʊ /; Chumash: Nipumuʔ) [4] is an unincorporated town in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.The population was 16,714 for the 2010 census [5] and grew to 18,176 for the 2020 census. [6]
The Center features exhibits about the natural history of the dunes, and the area's cultural history. [36] The 2,553 acres (1,033 ha) Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in the midsection of the Dunes Complex and includes 1.8 miles (2.9 km) of beach front. The NWR was established in 2000 by the U.S. Fish and ...
VCHL No. Name Image Address City Date listed Description 1: Faulkner House: 14292 West Telegraph Rd. Santa Paula: 8/68: Queen Anne style farmhouse with three-story octagonal tower built 1894; also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991; now operated as the Hansen Trust Agricultural Learning Center [3]
Today, Nipomo — at one time one of the county’s most reasonable housing markets — no longer has many options for low-to-middle-income households. Of the 47 houses recently listed on Zillow ...
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.
As of 8 p.m., traffic had once again returned to normal along Highway 101 through Nipomo. Firefighter from Five Cities Fire Agency sprays an oak tree near Highway 101 at the over 20 acre Tefft Fire.