The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area was considered territory of the Yokuts people, but Chumash Indians from the Pacific Coast are also known to have frequented the area. The imprint of an old Indian trail can still be seen leading over the hills of present-day Ventura County to the headwaters of Piru Creek. The name "Cuyama" comes from an Indian village named for the Chumash word kuyam, meaning "clam" or "freshwater mollusk".
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Cuyama’s history is told.
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New Cuyama, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in New Cuyama is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean New Cuyama has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Madulce Guard Station and Site in Cuyama, 17.6 miles away.
New Cuyama and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.