Santa Rita ( Spanish for "Saint Rita") is a neighborhood of Salinas, California, in

Monterey County Monterey County ( ), officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 439,035. The county's largest city and county seat is Salinas. Montere ...

. It is located north of Downtown Salinas, at an elevation of .

History

Jose Manuel Soto bought the Santa Rita land grant and allocated for a town he named New Republic. The New Republic post office opened in 1870 and changed its name to Santa Rita in 1874, and closed permanently in 1907. The town was also called Pinecate from nearby Pinecate Peak, and Sotoville in honor of Soto. It was formerly known as "New Republic", "Sotoville", and "Pinecate". Santa Rita was annexed by Salinas in 1975. The Zip Code in Santa Rita is 93906.Salinas Public Library History
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