Natividad,_California

Natividad, California

Natividad, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Natividad (Spanish for "Nativity") is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monterey County, California.[1] It is located 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Salinas,[2] at an elevation of 164 feet (50 m).[1]

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Natividad was named for the Rancho La Natividad Mexican land grant which included the community. It was the site of a significant battle of the Mexican-American War in 1846.[3] A post office operated at Natividad from 1855 to 1908.[2] Natividad was a bustling station for stage coaches in the 1850s until traffic was re-routed through Salinas.[2] The town declined after the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad through Salinas in 1872, and its last remaining building, a saloon, was demolished in 1964.[4]

The Battle of Natividad of the Mexican-American War was fought just north of the townsite. A historical marker commemorates the battleground.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Natividad, California
  2. [2]
    Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 929. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. [3]
    Gudde, Erwin Gustav (1998). California Place Names. University of California Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-520-21316-6.
  4. [4]
    "Natividad Historical Marker". HMDB.org. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Battle of Natividad Historical Marker". HMDB.org. Retrieved October 22, 2023.


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