Talk:San Simeon, California

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History[edit]

I added some information dealing with the first inhabitants in the area now referred to as San Simeon and added a reference that goes into great detail about it. Bartam (talk) 04:05, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Namesake[edit]

How did San Simeon get its name? The article makes no mention of it. It evidently wasn't a site of one of the original California missions, as the mission chain went inland north of Mission San Luis Obispo do Tolosa, the next one being Mission San Miguel Arcángel. — Quicksilver^{T @} 20:06, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good question - link added to Rancho San Simeon, namesake of the town. WCCasey (talk) 06:59, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Whschirmer (talk) 23:56, 16 May 2021 (UTC)RE: "San Simeon is a town and census-designated place[2]" The town (original village now called Old San Simeon) and the census-designated place(south of Pico Creek) are two locations miles apart.[reply]

Whschirmer (talk) 00:36, 17 May 2021 (UTC) In 1869, the village to the south took the name Cambria[[1]], but before that the locals had called their town Slabtown, Santa Rosa, Rosaville, or San Simeon.[reply]

Whschirmer (talk) 22:59, 16 May 2021 (UTC) San Simeon may refer to Rancho San Simeon or to the village of San Simeon a populated place at 35°38'38.0"N 121°11'23.0"W. Hearst Castle refers to "Hearst San Simeon Estate" or "La Cuesta Encantada." San Simeon (the village/populated place) and the Hearst Castle Visitor Center (at 35°39'02.0"N 121°11'11.0"W) are about 3 miles from the buildings and grounds of Hearst Castle" at 35°41'06.9"N 121°10'03.7"W. San Simeonas a Census Designated Place refers to the collection of motels and restaurants on both sides of Highway One just south of Pico Creek at 35°36'54"N 121°08'44.7"W. That name dates from the 1960's developer calling the development "San Simeon Acres.". I believe the businesses in San Simeon Acres adopted the name San Simeon to be more closely identified with the tourist destination of Hearst Castle.[reply]