Santa Rita is a former settlement in

Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County, California, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is located in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 448,229. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria. Santa Barba ...

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. It was located in the Santa Rita Valley east of

Lompoc Lompoc ( ; Chumash: ''Lum Poc'') is a city in Santa Barbara County, California. Located on the Central Coast, Lompoc has a population of 43,834 as of July 2021. Lompoc has been inhabited for thousands of years by the Chumash people, who called ...

. Santa Rita was named for its location on the former Santa Rita land grant, dated April 10, 1839. The land grant was named for Santa Rita de Cassis, an Augustinian whose feast day is May 22.Capace, Nancy (1999). ''Encyclopedia of California''. North American Book Dist LLC. Page 425. . The Santa Rita post office operated from 1909 to 1914.

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Former settlements in Santa Barbara County, California Former populated places in California {{SantaBarbaraCountyCA-geo-stub