Los Olivos
Los Olivos | |
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In the center of Los Olivos |
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Location in California | |
Basic data | |
State : | United States |
State : | California |
County : | Santa Barbara County |
Coordinates : | 34 ° 40 ′ N , 120 ° 7 ′ W |
Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
Residents : | 1,132 (as of April 1, 2010 ) |
Height : | 255 m |
Postal code : | 93441 |
Area code : | +1 805 |
FIPS : | 06-44168 |
GNIS ID : | 272226 |
Los Olivos (pronunciation: loʊs ˈoʊlivəs ) is a Unincorporated Place in Santa Barbara County , California . Around 1000 people live in the settlement and its immediate vicinity. Los Olivos is one of the five settlements in the Santa Ynez Valley .
history
Around 1880 a two-story house with a porch was built north of Ballard on Alamo Pintado Creek . Albany native Alden March Boyd bought the house, including 157 acres of land around the house, for $ 8,000. He planted 5000 olive trees on the acquired land and named the settlement Rancho de los Olivos . The nearby place was named after this ranch, first El Olivar , then El Olivos and finally Los Olivos . In 1934 the narrow-gauge railway was stopped.
economy
There are many wineries in Los Olivos . The place is also the southern starting point of the Foxen Canyon Wine Trail .
traffic
Los Olivos is located off California State Route 154 .
Others
Approx. 14 km south of Los Olivos is the Rancho del Cielo of former US President Ronald Reagan , while about eight kilometers north of the town, the Neverland ranch of Michael Jackson is.
In the film Return to Mayberry , Los Olivos was used as the backdrop for the fictional location Mayberry . Various scenes from the film Sideways were also shot in the location. Los Olivos also appeared in an episode of the soap opera California Clan .