Castaic Junction, California
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Unincorporated community in California, United States
34°26′35″N 118°36′39″W / 34.44306°N 118.61083°W / 34.44306; -118.61083
United States
California
Los AngelesCastaic Junction is an unincorporated community located in Los Angeles County, California.[1] It is located at the crossroads of Interstate 5 and State Route 126 near the confluence of Castaic Creek and the Santa Clara River.
Places in Castaic Junction carry a Valencia zip code (91355), and it is adjacent to the City of Santa Clarita.
Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park is just south of the junction.
History
Father Juan Crespí camped near what is now Castaic Junction in 1769, at which time there was a "thriving Indian village" on the site.[2]
Castaic Junction was the official southern end of the Ridge Route. The name dates to 1887, before highways were built, when a railroad siding was set up at the junction.[3]
A highway bridge at Castaic Junction was destroyed by the collapse of the St. Francis Dam in 1928.[4]
The community had an Art Deco−Moderne style train depot, serving the railroad line that ran along the Santa Clara River between Saugus and Piru. The depot was demolished around 1990.[3][5]
Just beyond the north end of the Magic Mountain parking lot is the site of the adobe ranch house for the historic Rancho San Francisco, a Mexican land grant that encompassed the Santa Clarita Valley from Piru to Canyon Country.[6]
According to local legend, icon James Dean ate his last meal at the Tip's Restaurant formerly at the crossroads of Highway 126 and The Old Road before he drove on north.[7][8]
See also
- Santa Clarita, California topics
- Rancho San Francisco
- Death Valley '49ers § Burnt Wagons (Jayhawkers)
References
- ^ a b "Castaic Junction". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Neighbors Fight Onslaught of Commuters". The Los Angeles Times. April 28, 2002. p. 19. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ a b "SCVHistory.com AP2221 – Castaic – Castaic Junction Train Siding". Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "Main Highway Bridge at Castaic Junction destroyed by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Castaic vicinity (Calif.), 1928 - UCLA Library Digital Collections". digital.library.ucla.edu. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Castaic Area History". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "SCVHistory.com – Rancho San Francisco: A Study of a California Land Grant, by Arthur B. Perkins". Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "SCVHistory.com – Castaic Junction: James Dean's Last Stop Before Immortality?". Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "SCVHistory.com LW2148 – Castaic Junction – Tip's Restaurant Matchbooks". Retrieved February 6, 2016.
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- Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
- Castaic Union School District
- Newhall School District
- Saugus Union School District
- Sulphur Springs School District
- William S. Hart Union High School District
- Academy of the Canyons
- Canyon HS
- Castaic HS
- Golden Valley HS
- Hart HS
- Saugus HS
- Valencia HS
- West Ranch HS
- Foothill League
- Beale's Cut
- Castaic Junction
- Castaic Lake
- Central Park
- Gibbon Conservation Center
- Golden Oak Ranch
- Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
- Mentryville
- Newhall Pass
- Pitchess Detention Center
- Placerita Canyon State Park
- Pioneer Oil Refinery
- Santa Clarita Woodlands Park
- Saugus Speedway
- Six Flags Magic Mountain
- Valencia Country Club
- Valencia Town Center
- Vasquez Rocks
- William S. Hart Ranch and Museum
- KHTS (AM)
- The Santa Clarita Valley Signal
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