The history of Lompoc street names explained

In 1874, a group of settlers from San Jose and Santa Cruz came to the Lompoc Valley to found a Temperance Colony much like one in New Jersey.

Prior to this, Lompoc had become a quiet, deserted valley owned by the Hollister-Dibblee Land Company. The area was used to graze thousands of head of sheep. The very fertile land was rough with waterholes and clumps of box elders and brush.

When the Mexican government secularized the “Spanish Missions” in 1835, their lands were granted to anyone who wanted to apply for them.

The valley was divided into two land grants given to the Carrillo brothers — the Lompoc and Vieja land grants, which were later sold to the Hollister- Dibblee Land Company.

When the Lompoc Valley Land Company was formed, they arranged to purchase the two land grants of 46,00