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Ghost town in California, United States
Tunitas, California
Ghost town
Tunitas, California is located in CaliforniaTunitas, CaliforniaTunitas, CaliforniaLocation within the state of California
Coordinates: 37°22′59″N 122°23′57″W / 37.38306°N 122.39917°W / 37.38306; -122.39917
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySan Mateo
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Tunitas on 1940 USGS topo map
Early planning of stops on the Ocean Shore Railroad included a station or flag stop at Lobitos near Tunitas.
Tunitas station was on Tunitas Creek, south of the settlement.

Tunitas, California was a small unincorporated community in San Mateo County. It was originally located on State Route 1 until that state route was moved to the west. It was also renamed Lobitos.

Arroyo de las Tunitas is shown on the diseños, about 1839, of the San Gregorio and Canada Verde grants. The name means “A small bush…grows super-abundant at and near its mouth, and its fruit is known to the present generation as sea apples.”

References

  1. http://bard.wr.usgs.gov/historical/jpg/halfmoonbay1940a.jpg; http://bard.wr.usgs.gov/historical/jpg/halfmoonbay1961a.jpg
  2. Gudde, Erwin G. (1998). California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names (4th ed., rev. and enl. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 403. ISBN 0520213165.
  3. "Funny name…What does Tunitas mean?…… | Pescadero Memories".
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