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History · Sisquoc

Sisquoc’s post office opened in 1881, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on.

1881first post office
0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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How Sisquoc began

When was Sisquoc founded?

1881

The Sisquoc post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Foxen (1910), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 191145 years
Founding year: the first Sisquoc post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sisquoc’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sisquoc are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Sisquoc’s homes were built before 1949.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sisquoc’s history is told.

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The story so far

Sisquoc, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sisquoc yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Sisquoc (Chumash for "quail") is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California located east of U.S. Route 101 about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Santa Maria and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Garey. The ZIP Code is 93454, and the community is inside area code 805. Sisquoc has a fire station, a church, a Preschool-8 school and a store. It has a micro-climate with mild weather year-round. The population was 191 at the 2020 census. The town is at the intersection of Palmer Road and Foxen Canyon Road, at the southwestern edge of the floodplain of the Sisquoc River. The predominant land use on the plain is agriculture, while the hills to the south and west contain the Cat Canyon Oil …

Its first post office opened in 1881. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 183 to 191 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Sisquoc, 1881 to 1947

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Sisquoc post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910Post officeThe Foxen post office opens
  5. 1914Post officeThe Foxen post office closes
  6. 1931Post officeThe Sisquoc post office closes
  7. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Sisquoc on the map, 1947 to 1959

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sisquoc. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sisquoc on the 1947 USGS mapSisquoc on the 1959 USGS map1947Careaga Canyon sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sisquoc.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sisquoc

Nobody well known was born in Sisquoc itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Julián AraujoMexican-American soccer player · b. 2001
Robert HunterAmerican lyricist, musician, singer-songwriter,… · b. 1941
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Conrad RicamoraAmerican actor · b. 1979
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Margie AdamAmerican pop musician · b. 1947
Jacqueline GadsdenAmerican actress · b. 1900
Morgan WallaceAmerican film actor · b. 1881
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Sisquoc had its own post office from 1881 to 1931. Another post office, Foxen, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Sisquoc
1881–1931
Foxen
1910–1914
18801950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Sisquoc’s history

What year was Sisquoc founded?

The Sisquoc post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.