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History · Los Berros

Los Berros’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Los Berros. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Los Berros (Spanish for The Watercresses) is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California. Los Berros sits at an elevation of 194 feet (59 m). The 2020 United States census reported Los Berros's population was 623.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 641 to 623 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Los Berros yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Los Berros, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 photo
Vineyards in Central California [Laetitia Vineyard & Winery]LOCVineyards in Central California [Laetitia Vineyard & Winery]2013
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Los Berros is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Los Berros has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Halcyon Historic District in Oceano, 3.3 miles away.

Los Berros and the nearest listed places

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Halcyon Historic DistrictArroyo Grande IOOF HallDana AdobeJohn Price HouseRoyal Theater (Additional Documentation)Corral de Piedra

Closest to Los Berros

Halcyon Historic DistrictOceano · District3.3miArroyo Grande IOOF HallArroyo Grande · Built 19023.4miDana AdobeNipomo · Building3.8miJohn Price HousePismo Beach · District7.1miRoyal Theater (Additional Documentation)Guadalupe · Building7.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Halcyon Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Los Berros?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Los Berros’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Arroyo Grande📜 Grover Beach📜 Guadalupe📜 Pismo Beach

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