The area was the ancestral homeland of the Tataviam people for over five hundred years, and other tribes before then, such as the Tongva, Kitanemuk, and Serrano people. After the Spanish invasion the valley first became grazing lands of the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espaņa around 1790. In 1834,...
The origin of the name Castaic is the Chumash Native American word Kashtuk, meaning "eyes." Modern Castaic began in 1915 with the opening of the original Ridge Route, which brought travelers looking for gasoline, water, food and lodging to the community. Some of the earliest businesses started in...
Mountain Communities historian Bonnie Ketterl Kane said that Gorman is "one of the oldest continuously used roadside rest stops in California," explaining that native Americans "would have stopped there when it was the Tataviam village of Kulshra'jek.
There were 735 households out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.0% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.1% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.8% had someone...
Saugus is a neighborhood in Santa Clarita, California. Saugus was one of the four communities (along with Valencia, Newhall, and Canyon Country) that merged in 1987 to create the city of Santa Clarita. Saugus is named after Saugus, Massachusetts, the hometown of Henry Newhall, upon whose land the...
Stevenson Ranch, California is an affluent community in Los Angeles County, California. The community is located in the Santa Clarita Valley. Often incorrectly referred to as part of the City of Santa Clarita, the community does not actually fall within the Santa Clarita city limits. It is an...
Val Verde is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 1,472 at the 2000 census. The predominant feature is the small rural valley in which this town sits, north of the San Fernando valley, isolated from development and unlikely to be...
Valencia is an affluent planned community located in the City of Santa Clarita, California and Los Angeles County, California, U.S. in the northwestern corner of the Santa Clarita Valley, adjacent to Interstate 5. In 1987, it was one of the four unincorporated communities (along with Saugus,...
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