Tassajara Hot Springs, California

Tassajara Hot Springs
Unincorporated community
Tassajara Hot Springs
Location in California
Tassajara Hot Springs
Tassajara Hot Springs (the US)
Coordinates: 36°14′03″N 121°32′56″W / 36.23417°N 121.54889°W / 36.23417; -121.54889Coordinates: 36°14′03″N 121°32′56″W / 36.23417°N 121.54889°W / 36.23417; -121.54889
Country United States
State California
County Monterey County
Elevation[1] 1,637 ft (499 m)

Tassajara Hot Springs (formerly, Tassajara)[2] is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California,[1] located 9 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Partington Point,[2] at an elevation of 1637 feet (499 m).[1]

The Tassajara post office operated from 1892 to 1894[2] followed by the Tassajara Hot Springs Post Office, which was open from 1912 until 1944.[2] A hotel was built at the site between 1893–1894 and the (Tassajara Hot Springs) resort established at one of the 17 or so natural hot springs in the area.[2] The name comes from Native American or Mexican and means "the place where meat is cured by drying".[2]

Government

At the county level, Tassajara Hot Springs is represented on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors by Supervisor Dave Potter.[3]

In the California State Legislature, Tassajara Hot Springs is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat Bill Monning, and in the 30th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Anna Caballero.[4]

In the United States House of Representatives, Tassajara Hot Springs is in California's 20th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tassajara Hot Springs, California
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 966. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ↑ "Monterey County Supervisorial District 5 Map (North District 5)" (PDF). County of Monterey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ "California's 20th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
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