| Neponset | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Neponset |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Monterey County and the state of California |
| Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | California |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Monterey |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Coordinates: | 36.7286°N -121.7847°W |
| Elevation M: | 57 |
| Elevation Ft: | 187 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 93908 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 831 |
Neponset (Martin Station until 1900) is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It is located along the Southern Pacific Railroad and California State Route 1 between Marina, California and Castroville, California, and 8.5miles northwest of Salinas, California, at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).
In 1890, Martin's Station had a school house and several ranches.[1]
Martin's Station was renamed in 1900 to "Neponset", after Neponset, Boston, Massachusetts. In the early 1900s, several announcements of families living in Neponset were listed in The Californian newspaper. The Neponset Temperance Club was started by men of Neponset.[2]
Monte Road is a frontage road that runs beside State Route 1, south of the Salinas River crossing. The railroad tracks still exist outside the Dole Food Company plant. The tracks break off just at the staff parking lot. Neponset Road wraps around the plant on its southern edge.[3]