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Monterey County, California

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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64historic places

—earliest paper

1850formed

439,035pop. 2020

20cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 64 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 8 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Monterey, Salinas, Pacific Grove.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for California is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Monterey titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

40 of 64 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

64 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Asilomar Conference Grounds NHL	Pacific Grove	District	1987
Asilomar Conference Grounds Warnecke Historic District NHL	Pacific Grove	District	2022
Berwick Manor and Orchard	Carmel Valley	Site	1977
Black, Mary C. W., Studio House	Monterey	Building	1994
Black, Samuel M., House	Salinas	Building	1984
Bontadelli, Peter J., House	Salinas	Building	1980
Boronda, Jose Eusebio, Adobe	Salinas	Building	1973
Buck, Frank LaVerne, House	Pacific Grove	Building	1986
Carmel Mission NHL	Carmel	Building	1966
Carmel Valley Road-Boronda Road Eucalyptus Tree Row	Carmel Valley	Site	2008
Castroville Japanese Language School	Castroville	Building	1995
Centrella Hotel	Pacific Grove	Building	1982
Chautauqua Hall	Pacific Grove	Building	2026
Community Church of Gonzales	Gonzales	Building	1983
Cueva Pintada	King City	Site	1975
Deetjen's Big Sur Inn	Big Sur	District	1990
Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station	Jolon	Building	1971
El Castillo	Monterey	Site	1971
Finch, James W., House	Monterey	Building	1982
Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital	Marina	Building	2014
Gabilan Lodge No. 372-Independent Order of Odd Fellows	Gonzales	Building	1986
Gil, Jose Mario, Adobe	Jolon	Building	1974
Gosby House Inn	Pacific Grove	Building	1980
Jeffers, Robinson, House	Carmel	Building	1975
King City Joint Union High School Auditorium	King City	Building	1991
Kirk Creek Campground	Lucia	Site	1974
Krough House	Salinas	Building	1982
Larkin House NHL	Monterey	Building	1966
Los Coches Rancho	Soledad	Site	1979
Marsh, G.T., and Sons	Monterey	Building	2007
Merritt, Josiah, Adobe	Monterey	Building	1977
Milpitas Ranchhouse	King City	Building	1977
Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad Historic District	Soledad	District	2014
Monterey County Court House	Salinas	Building	2009
Monterey County Jail	Salinas	Building	2004
Monterey Old Town Historic District NHL	Monterey	District	1970
Nesbitt, Sheriff William Joseph, House	Salinas	Building	1982
Olvida Penas	Pebble Beach	Building	1978
Outlands in the Eighty Acres	Carmel By-the-Sea	Building	1989
Pacific Biological Laboratories	Monterey	Building	1994
Parmelee, Lou Ellen, House	Monterey	Building	1998
Pinnacles National Park Roads	Paicines	Structure	2022
Point Pinos Lighthouse	Pacific Grove	Structure	1977
Point Sur Light Station	Big Sur	District	1991
Porter-Vallejo Mansion	Pajaro	District	1990
Post, Joseph W., House	Big Sur	Building	1985
Rancho Las Palmas	Salinas	Building	1978
Rancho San Lucas	San Lucas	District	1991
Republic Cafe	Salinas	Building	2011
Royal Presidio Chapel NHL	Monterey	Building	1966
San Antonio de Padua Mission	Jolon	Building	1976
Sargent, B. V., House	Salinas	Building	1980
Site Number 4 Mnt 85	Greenfield	Site	1976
St. John’s Chapel, Del Monte	Monterey	Building	2020
Steinbeck, John, House	Salinas	Building	2000
Stevenson House	Monterey	Building	1972
Sunset Center	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Building	1998
Tidball Store	Jolon	Building	1976
Tor House (Robinson Jeffers Home NHL	Carmel	Building
Trimmer Hill	Pacific Grove	Building	1982
U.S. Customhouse NHL	Monterey	Building	1966
USS MACON (airship remains)	Big Sur	Site	2010
Walker, Mrs. Clinton, House	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Building	2016
Whalers Cabin	Carmel	Site	2007

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Monterey was formed in 1850 (1850-02-18) from unknown / original county.

MONTEREY created from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Monterey County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,872	4,739	11,302	19,380	27,980	73,032	130,498	198,351	290,444	401,762	439,035

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Pinnacles National Park	Park unit	29.9 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

20 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 20 of 20 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery	36.66802	-121.80571
Castroville Moss Landing Cemetery	36.79345	-121.78528
Chinese Cemetery	36.69518	-121.63876
El Carmelo Cemetery	36.63218	-121.93077
El Encinal Cemetery	36.59562	-121.88418
Garden of Memories Cemetery	36.65676	-121.63851
Gonzales Cemetery	36.49461	-121.42987
Greenfield Cemetery	36.33469	-121.21242
Hambey Cemetery	36.83737	-121.681
Imusdale Cemetery	35.92469	-120.50849
King City Cemetery	36.20663	-121.13742
Mission Memorial Park	36.61829	-121.82051
Monterey County Potters Field Cemetery	36.69513	-121.63772
Parkfield Cemetery	35.86648	-120.41374
Paulsen Cemetery	35.96663	-121.07798
Queen of Heaven Cemetery	36.76044	-121.66097
Saint Johns Cemetery	36.59561	-121.8848
San Carlos Cemetery	36.59579	-121.88551
Soledad Cemetery	36.4267	-121.31233
Yamato Cemetery	36.65562	-121.63063

Historical populated places — 7 of 7

Name	Lat	Lon
Docas	36.08358	-120.94796
Dunbarton	36.85829	-121.64689
Fort Ord Village	36.62357	-121.83467
Gabilan	36.54663	-121.49411
Pleyto	35.86108	-120.99713
Sans	35.9733	-121.33937
Vega	36.89579	-121.69078

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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