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Tunitas, California

Coordinates: 37°22′59″N 122°23′57″W / 37.38306°N 122.39917°W / 37.38306; -122.39917
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Tunitas, California
Tunitas, California is located in California
Tunitas, California
Tunitas, California
Location 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.[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

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  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".