Neponset (Martin Station until 1900) is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.[1] It is located along the Southern Pacific Railroad and California State Route 1 between Marina, California and Castroville, California, and 8.5 miles (14 km) northwest of Salinas, California,[2] at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).[1]
Neponset | |
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 A railroad bridge over the Salinas River at Neponset | |
  Neponset Location in Monterey County and the state of California  Neponset Neponset (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°43′43″N 121°47′5″W / 36.72861°N 121.78472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Monterey |
| Elevation | 187 ft (57 m) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 93908 |
| Area code | 831 |
History
editIn 1890, Martin's Station had a school house and several ranches.[3]
Martin's Station was renamed in 1900 to "Neponset", after Neponset, Boston, Massachusetts.[2] In the early 1900s, several announcements of families living in Neponset were listed in The Californian newspaper. The Neponset Temperance Club was started by men of Neponset.[4]
Railroad information
editMonte Road is a frontage road that runs beside State Route 1, south of the Salinas River crossing. The railroad tracks still exist outside the Dole Food Company plant. The tracks break off just at the staff parking lot. Neponset Road wraps around the plant on its southern edge.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Neponset, California
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1045. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "County Scraps. Martin's Station, Salinas River, April 30, 1890". The Californian. Salinas, California. May 2, 1890. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ "Neponset Temperance Club". The Californian. Salinas, California. March 14, 1901. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ Kyle, Douglas E.; Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace; Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Abeloe, William (1990). Historic Spots in California. Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804778176. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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