San Lucas, CA

San Lucas is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States. The 2020 census counted 324 residents. San Lucas was founded in 1886 and named after the Rancho San Lucas, which was granted in 1842. The post office was first established in 1892. The through line in San Lucas is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. San Lucas makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. San Lucas is located in the Salinas Valley, on the Salinas River 8 miles southeast of King City, at an elevation of 410 feet. The Southern Pacific Railroad reached the place in 1886 and named it for the Rancho San Lucas Mexican land grant. The San Lucas post office opened in 1887.