Map of Pajaro CDP

Pajaro (Spanish Pájaro ‘bird’) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California. It is located on the south bank of the Pajaro River 5 miles (8 km) northeast of its mouth, at an elevation of 26 feet (7.9 m). The population was 2,882 at the 2020 census, down from 3,070 in 2010. The school district is in Santa Cruz County.

Pajaro CDP overview:
Name:	Pajaro CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	California
County:	Monterey County
Elevation:	26 ft (8 m)
Total Area:	0.929 sq mi (2.41 km²)
Land Area:	0.929 sq mi (2.41 km²)
Water Area:	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Total Population:	2,882
Population Density:	3,102.3/sq mi (1,197.8/km²)
ZIP code:	95076
Area code:	831
FIPS code:	0655044

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History

The Pajaro post office operated from 1872 to 1873 and from 1882 to 1888.

The oldest building in the community is the Porter-Vallejo Mansion. Constructed in the 1840s and remodeled multiple times, it was acquired in 1991and converted into a public library/senior citizen center. It also houses a day-care facility for the children of migrant farm workers. Supervisor Del Piero, a Pajaro native, also secured major federal grants to acquire and completely rebuild the public water system in 1984, and transferred it to the newly created Pajaro Community Services District.

On Monday, May 11, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt stopped in Pajaro for a ten-minute whistle-stop address on his way to Santa Cruz. He arrived in his special train via the Southern Pacific at 8:50am and left at 9:00am.

The town was heavily flooded in 1995, 1998, and 2023.

Pajaro Road Map

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Geography

Pajaro lies in the Pajaro Valley, with the Pajaro River forming the community’s and the county’s northern boundary. The city of Watsonville is across the river to the northwest, Santa Cruz County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Pajaro CDP has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km), all of it land.