Tunitas, California
Ghost town in California, United States
37°22′59″N 122°23′57″W / 37.38306°N 122.39917°W / 37.38306; -122.39917Tunitas, 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.[1]
Arroyo de las Tunitas is shown on the diseños, about 1839, of the San Gregorio and Canada Verde grants.[2] 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.”[3]
References
- ^ http://bard.wr.usgs.gov/historical/jpg/halfmoonbay1940a.jpg; http://bard.wr.usgs.gov/historical/jpg/halfmoonbay1961a.jpg
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Funny name…What does Tunitas mean?…… | Pescadero Memories".
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