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Tres Pinos (Spanish for “Three Pines”) is a census-designated place in San Benito County, California. The community lies along State Route 25, approximately 4 miles south of Hollister and 5 miles north of Paicines. Tres Pinos sits at an elevation of 531 feet (162 m). The 2010 United States census reported Tres Pinos’s population was 476.

Tres Pinos CDP overview:
Name:	Tres Pinos CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	California
County:	San Benito County
Elevation:	531 ft (162 m)
Total Area:	3.597 sq mi (9.316 km²)
Land Area:	3.597 sq mi (9.316 km²)
Water Area:	0 sq mi (0 km²) 0%
Total Population:	476
Population Density:	130/sq mi (51/km²)
ZIP code:	95075
Area code:	831
FIPS code:	0680364

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History

The town of Tres Pinos was originally located 5 miles south of the town of Paicines. The opposite is true today.

The railroad was to build a line to Tres Pinos. By 1873, Southern Pacific Railroad made it to Paicines and it ran two passenger and two freight trains a day. So in 1874 the names of the two towns were switched so the railroad could say they built a line all the way to Tres Pinos.

In its heyday the town was not only the end of the railroad line but was also a stage coach stop. There was a Southern Pacific Hotel, rodeo grounds, grain barns, corrals, and many saloons, restaurants and even a brothel.

The “Tres Pinos Tragedy” occurred in 1873 when a robbery featuring eight outlaws including Tiburcio Vásquez went wrong, resulting in three murders. (Note that these events took place in the town now called Paicines.)