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Cayucos, California



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  • City Description

    Cayucos is a census-designated place located on the coast in San Luis Obispo County, California. The population was 2,943 at the 2000 census. Prehistorically the local area was inhabited by the Chumash people, who settled the coastal San Luis Obispo area approximately 10,000 to 11,000 BC, including a large village to the South of Cayucos at Morro Creek. In 1842, a Spanish land grant of 8,845 acres (36 km²) called Rancho Moro y Cayucos was issued to Martin Olivera and Vincente Feliz. In 1867, Captain James Cass came to Cayucos, and settled on 320 acres (1.3 km²) of this land. Cass began developing the area with his partner, Captain Ingals. On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, bound from Los Angeles International Airport to San Francisco, was cruising above the central California coast when a disgruntled USAir employee aboard the plane shot his ex-supervisor, both pilots and then himself, causing the airplane to crash near Cayucos. All 43 aboard perished. Cayucos is located at 35°26′18″N 120°53′26″W / 35.43833, -120.89056 (35.438390, -120.890647). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.0 km²), of which,

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    City Contained By:

    • San Luis Obispo County
    • California

    Timezones:

    • Pacific Time Zone

    Size:

    • 9.06495838618 km squared

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