Adelaida, California Explained

Official Name:Adelaida, California
Pushpin Map:California#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:San Luis Obispo
Timezone:Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation Ft:1404
Coordinates:35.6456°N -120.8736°W
Postal Code:93446
Area Code:805
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1660231[1]

Adelaida (pronounced as, and in the 19th century commonly spelled as Adelaide)[2] is an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Adelaida is 10miles west of Paso Robles. The community had a post office from 1877 to 1936.[3]

History

In the 1880s, the population of Adelaida was approximately 500, supported by the prospering Klau and Buena Vista mercury mines. The town boasted a community center, saloon, dance hall, general store, and four schools. The population increased further in 1898 with an influx of Mennonite settlers. The Adelaida School, located near the entrance to the Osgood Ranch on Chimney Rock Road, was built in 1917. It is being restored by the Adelaida Historical Foundation.[4] This school and the Adelaida Road cemetery are all that is left of old Adelaida. Although the quicksilver mines were in operation into the 1970s, most of the local businesses had long since relocated to Paso Robles.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. David W. Kean, 1993, Wide Places in California Roads. Sunnyvale, Concord Press.
  3. Book: Durham, David L. . California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. 1998. 861. 1-884995-14-4.
  4. http://adelaidahistory.com/restoration-project/ Schoolhouse restoration project
  5. David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), pp. 11-12