Aromas, California
Aromas (Spanish for "Scents") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County and San Benito County, California, United States. The population was 2,708 at the 2020 census.[4] The CDP straddles the border of the two counties, with Monterey County to the west and San Benito County to the east. The Santa Cruz County line is less than a mile to the northwest, and Santa Clara County is about 2 miles (3 km) to the north. Its population was almost equally distributed between the two counties with 1,365 in Monterey County[5] and 1,343 in San Benito County.[6] Aromas is one of four CDPs in California that are divided between two or more counties. The others are Kingvale (divided between Placer County and Nevada County), Kirkwood (divided between Alpine County and Amador County), and Tahoma (divided between Placer County and El Dorado County).[7] HistoryThe settlement was originally known as "Sand Cut", named from the Southern Pacific Railroad tunnel constructed nearby in 1871.[8] The settlement was renamed Aromas, after Rancho Las Aromitas y Agua Caliente, around 1895.[9] GeographyAromas is located in northern Monterey County and northwestern San Benito County at 36°53′13″N 121°38′29″W / 36.88694°N 121.64139°W (36.886988, -121.641396).[10] Is it bordered to the south by Prunedale. U.S. Route 101 runs along the southeastern edge of the community, leading north 13 miles (21 km) to Gilroy and south 14 miles (23 km) to Salinas. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Aromas CDP has a total area of 4.75 square miles (12.3 km2). 4.74 square miles (12.3 km2) of it are land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km2), or 0.22%, are water.[3] The center of town is on the south side of the valley of the Pajaro River, about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of where the river cuts through Pajaro Gap (Chittenden Pass) at the south end of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Aromas had a population of 2,708. The population density was 571.9 inhabitants per square mile (220.8/km2). The racial makeup of Aromas was 58.7% White, 0.6% African American, 2.1% Native American, 3.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 22.0% from other races, and 13.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.8% of the population. The census reported that 100% of the population lived in households. There were 910 households, out of which 30.2% included children under the age of 18, 61.2% were married-couple households, 5.9% were cohabiting couple households, 19.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.6% had a male householder with no partner present. 17.4% of households were one person, and 11.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.98. There were 693 families (76.2% of all households). The age distribution was 17.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% aged 18 to 24, 25.7% aged 25 to 44, 27.7% aged 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males. There were 954 housing units at an average density of 201.5 units per square mile (77.8 units/km2), of which 910 (95.4%) were occupied. Of these, 79.8% were owner-occupied, and 20.2% were occupied by renters.[27][28] SchoolsThe Aromas-San Juan School District has three schools – Aromas Elementary School, San Juan School and Anzar High School. Aromas has one K-8 school, Aromas Elementary School with less than 400 students, (in 2000). Heather Howell is the current principal of Aromas School.[29] Anzar High School, which opened in 1994, was named after early area pioneers. Anzar's current principal is Angela Crawley, and the school's total enrollment amounts to 258 students.[30] EconomyAromas is home to a Graniterock quarry, with the A.R. Wilson quarry owned and operated by the Watsonville-based company.[31] Since 1986, Fireclay Tile has been manufacturing architectural tile in Aromas.[32] Notes
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