Vega, California

Vega
Former settlement
Vega Location in California
Coordinates: 36°53′45″N 121°41′27″W / 36.89583°N 121.69083°W / 36.89583; -121.69083Coordinates: 36°53′45″N 121°41′27″W / 36.89583°N 121.69083°W / 36.89583; -121.69083
Country	United States
State	California
County	Monterey County
Elevation^[1]	62 ft (19 m)

Vega is a former settlement in Monterey County, California.^[1] It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 2.5 miles (4 km) west-northwest of Aromas,^[2] at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m).^[1] Vega still appeared on USGS maps as of 1917.^[1]

The name, bestowed in 1871, comes from the Vega del Rio del Pajaro land grant on which the town was built.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vega, California
1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 972. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Monterey County, California, United States

County seat: Salinas

Cities	Carmel-by-the-Sea Del Rey Oaks Gonzales Greenfield King City Marina Monterey Pacific Grove Salinas Sand City Seaside Soledad

CDPs	Aromas‡ Boronda Bradley Carmel Valley Village Castroville Chualar Del Monte Forest Elkhorn Las Lomas Lockwood Moss Landing Pajaro Pine Canyon Prunedale San Ardo San Lucas Spreckels

Unincorporated communities	Ambler Park Blanco Bolsa Knolls Bryson Camphora Carmel Highlands Coburn Confederate Corners Cooper Corral de Tierra Dean East Garrison Elsa Fort Romie Gabilan Acres Gorda Harlem Jamesburg Jolon Lonoak Lucia Martinus Corner Metz Millers Ranch Molus Moss Nacimiento Nashua Natividad Neponset Notleys Landing Oak Hills Old Hilltown Pacific Grove Acres Parkfield Pebble Beach Penvir Plaskett Pleyto Posts Robles Del Rio Royal Oaks San Benancio Slates Hot Springs Spence Spreckels Junction Sycamore Flat Tassajara Hot Springs Valleton Watsonville Junction Welby Wunpost

Ghost towns	Achasta Animpayamo Carmelito Docas Dunbarton Eagle Eslanagan Fort Ord Village Gabilan Gem Griswold Guayusta Imusdale Kakonkaruk Kalindaruk Kulul Lukaiasta Manchester Paisin Quina Sans Sapaywis Seama Soccorondo Steloglamo Subazama Tecolom Teshaya Tetachoya Tiubta Tukutnut Upland Vega Veratina Wachanaruka Zassalete Zumblito

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county

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