Santa Nella, California
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Santa Nella is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP)[1][2] in Merced County, California, United States. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". west-northwest of Los Banos at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] As of the 2020 census, Santa Nella had a population of 2,211,[4] up from 1,380 at the 2010 census.[5]
The site's status as a stopping place for travelers dates back to the 19th century when it was Rancho de Centinela (Spanish for "Sentinel Ranch") along El Camino Viejo;[6] the route through the community has since been replaced by Interstate 5 and State Route 33.[7]
Etymology
The name does not refer to a saint, as there is no saint named "Nella". The name is an English language corruption of the Spanish word centinela ("sentinel"), referring to the earlier Centinela Adobe that was located in the vicinity.[8]
History
Santa Nella began as the site of Rancho de Centinela (Sentinel Ranch) first established by pioneering stockmen from San Juan Bautista and Monterey as a place to raise horses in 1810. The former Centinela Adobe, a one-story adobe built as living quarters for the ranch, was located on El Camino Viejo a Los Ángeles about Script error: No such module "convert". downstream from the site of the later San Luis Adobe (now under the San Luis Reservoir), at the east end of the Pacheco Pass road, situated on the south bank of Arroyo de San Luis Gonzaga. The escape of many of the horses into the valley and subsequent Indian hostilities made the enterprise a failure.
The land and adobe of this old Spanish ranch was included in the Rancho San Luis Gonzaga in 1843. From the time of the California Gold Rush the stage road from Hill's Ferry crossed San Luis Creek at Centinella on the way to connect with the Pacheco Pass road at Rancho San Luis. The old Centinela ranch became a stopping place for stages and travelers on El Camino Viejo. Later a two-story adobe house was constructed near the old adobe by Basque sheepmen in the 1860s and a wooden barn in the 1870s. The two-story adobe was subsequently torn down in the 1890s and replaced by a frame house built by Miller and Lux. This house and barn were for a long time local landmarks.[6] However, by 1966, the wooden house and barn had been removed and a roadside stop built on the site along State Route 33. The name of the place had been corrupted into Santa Nella.[7]
The community was entered into the Geographic Names Information System in 1981 as "Santa Nella Village".[3] In 2010, it became a census-designated place under the "Santa Nella" name.[1]
Geography
Santa Nella is in western Merced County, on the western edge of California's Central Valley. Interstate 5 passes through the north side of the community, with access from Exit 407 (California State Route 33). I-5 leads north Script error: No such module "convert". to Stockton and southeast Script error: No such module "convert". to the Bakersfield area. State Route 33 leads north from Santa Nella Script error: No such module "convert". to Gustine and southeast Script error: No such module "convert". to Los Banos.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Santa Nella CDP covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., all of it land.[9]
The San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, including the California Korean War Veterans Memorial, is located to the west of Santa Nella, on McCabe Road. Nearby attractions also include the San Luis Reservoir and Forebay Golf Course.[10]
Transportation
Interstate 5 intersects with State Route 33 in Santa Nella. State Route 152, a major east–west highway connecting nearby Los Banos with the Santa Clara Valley, runs south of town.
Gustine is served by public Dial-A-Ride from Merced County's The Bus. The service connects Santa Nella with Gustine, Los Banos, Dos Palos, and other communities on the west side of Merced County.[11]
Economy
Santa Nella is a major stopping point along the Interstate 5 corridor for those traveling between Los Angeles and either the San Francisco Bay Area or Sacramento, with various fast food outlets, motels, and gas stations. These services include Hotel Mission de Oro's, The Kitchen at the Mission, Pea Soup Andersen's restaurant, In-N-Out Burger and the Santa Nella Food Center.
Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Santa Nella had a population of 2,211. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of Santa Nella was 646 (29.2%) White, 35 (1.6%) African American, 68 (3.1%) Native American, 113 (5.1%) Asian, 6 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 972 (44.0%) from other races, and 371 (16.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,649 persons (74.6%).[12]
The census reported that 2,185 people (98.8% of the population) lived in households, 26 (1.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.[12]
There were 607 households, out of which 287 (47.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 316 (52.1%) were married-couple households, 58 (9.6%) were cohabiting couple households, 115 (18.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 118 (19.4%) had a male householder with no partner present. 105 households (17.3%) were one person, and 51 (8.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.6.[12] There were 484 families (79.7% of all households).[13]
The age distribution was 712 people (32.2%) under the age of 18, 204 people (9.2%) aged 18 to 24, 560 people (25.3%) aged 25 to 44, 562 people (25.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 173 people (7.8%) who were 65Script error: No such module "String".years of age or older. The median age was 31.2Script error: No such module "String".years. For every 100 females, there were 108.6 males.[12]
There were 627 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which 607 (96.8%) were occupied. Of these, 380 (62.6%) were owner-occupied, and 227 (37.4%) were occupied by renters.[12]
Government
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See also
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References
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External links
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- Santa Nella Chamber of Commerce
- Information on Rancho Centinella by the historian Frank Forrest Latta
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