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Arroyo Grande, CA - History
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Welcome to the Arroyo Grande Home page. The Arroyo Grande Home page provides as much information as possible on Arroyo Grande. Knowing Arroyo Grande’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Arroyo Grande’s Home page, you will also find Arroyo Grande’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Arroyo Grande has a population of 17924. 45.7% of Arroyo Grande’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.3 are female. 52.3% of Arroyo Grande is married and 66.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $605,191, and the average rent is $1,557. Household median income in Arroyo Grande is $88,068, and the individual median income is $40,617. Arroyo Grande’s Ethnic is the following: White(82.6%), Hispanic(13.8%), Multiple(7.7%), Asian(4%), Other(3.1%), Black(1.1%), Native(1%), Pacific(0.5%).
The earliest inhabitants of the Arroyo Grande Valley were Chumash Indians, who conducted extensive trade with other Native American tribes at a considerable distance. The first Europeans to see this stretch of coast were the crew of Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Cabrilho in Portuguese), working in the service of Spain.
The Spanish Portolá expedition was the first European visit by land, passing through the area on September 4, 1769. When Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was established nearby, the Portolà trail became part of the road connecting the 21 Spanish missions (today called El Camino Real). Later, agricultural activities expanded into the area.
The Arroyo Grande Valley was found to have particularly fertile ground allowing a rich produce supply that continued to this day. The area was given a Spanish name that translates into multiple meanings, "Big Gulch", "Muddy Creek", "Big Ditch", Arroyo Grande was to become a prosperous and important ranch and farm community. Francis Ziba Branch, originally from New York, saw the area on a hunting expedition during the period when California was part of Mexico.
Branch married María Manuela Carlón, and this marriage entitled Branch to file a claim for a Mexican land grant. In 1836 he, his wife, and infant son moved onto Rancho Santa Manuela. They were managing a successful cattle ranching operation when California became a U.S. territory, and then a U.S.
state. Some years later, they suffered financial difficulties during a drought when many cattle died. They sold off smaller parcels of land to settlers. In 1862, the San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors established the township of Arroyo Grande. Businesses developed along a road called Branch Street to serve local agriculture.
A railroad depot was built in 1882. The city of Arroyo Grande was incorporated on July 10, 1911. Arroyo Grande experienced rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s, partially due to the expansion of the wastewater treatment plant, under an EPA Clean Water Grant, that removed a growth constraint. This federal grant program required preparation of an Environmental Impact Report, which provided much of the initial environmental database for Arroyo Grande.
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