Vega, Monterey County, California
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Vega is a former settlement in Monterey County
, California
. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad
2.5 miles (4 km) west-northwest of Aromas
, at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m). Vega still appeared on USGS maps as of 1917.
The name, bestowed in 1871, comes from the Vega del Rio del Pajaro land grant
on which the town was built.
Monterey County, California
Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2010, the population was 415,057. The county seat and largest city is Salinas...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
2.5 miles (4 km) west-northwest of Aromas
Aromas, California
Aromas is a census-designated place in Monterey County, and San Benito County, California, United States. The CDP straddles the border of the two counties, with Monterey County to the west and San Benito County to the east. The Santa Cruz County line is less than a mile to the Northwest, and...
, at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m). Vega still appeared on USGS maps as of 1917.
The name, bestowed in 1871, comes from the Vega del Rio del Pajaro land grant
Rancho Vega del Rio del Pajaro
Rancho Vega del Rio del Pajaro was a Spanish land concession in present day Monterey County, California given in 1821 by Pablo Vicente de Solá to Antonio Maria Castro. The grant was confirmed by Mexican Governor José Figueroa in 1833. The name means "a meadow along the Pajaro River"...
on which the town was built.