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Mount Hermon is an
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and
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(CDP) in
Santa Cruz County, California Santa Cruz County (), officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,861. The county seat is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County comprises the Sa ...
.


History

In 1841, California's first water-powered
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was built at the junction of Bean Creek and
Zayante Creek Zayante Creek (Ohlone: ''Sayant'') is a stream within the San Lorenzo River watershed in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The U.S. government has designated Zayante Creek as impaired with respect to sediment. Lompico Creek, a trib ...
by
Peter Lassen Peter Lassen (October 31, 1800 – April 26, 1859), later known in Spanish as Don Pedro Lassen, was a Danish-born Californian ranchero and gold prospector. Born in Denmark, Lassen immigrated at age 30 to Massachusetts, before eventually mov ...
,
Isaac Graham Isaac Graham (April 15, 1800 – November 8, 1863) was a fur trader, mountain man, and land grant owner in 19th century California. In 1830, he joined a hunting and trapping party at Fort Smith, Arkansas that included George Nidever. Graha ...
, J. Majors, and F. Hoeger. Mount Hermon, known as "Tuxedo Junction" prior to 1906, was a stop on the South Coast Pacific Railroad from
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to Santa Cruz. Hotel Tuxedo was on the property; the hotel was purchased and renamed the Zayante Inn on April 14, 1906, by a group which later became the Mount Hermon Association, Inc. Five ladies of the group were entrusted with the selection of a new name for the area, and they chose that of the peak in the Holy Land. The land was to be used as a Christian retreat center, whose dedication day, known as "The Great Day", was July 22, 1906; the event was held at the Zayante Inn with 1400 people in attendance. Speaking at the dedication was Dr. Reuben A. Torrey, President of the
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in
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. The Zayante Inn and surrounding cottages were destroyed by fire on April 18, 1921. At the site, the Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center, with three separate facilities, operates on much of the original property. There are also several hundred privately owned homes, the Mount Hermon post office, and a bookstore.


Geography

According to the
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, the CDP covers an area of , all of it land.


Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Mount Hermon had a population of 1,110. The population density was . The racial makeup of Mount Hermon was 917 (82.6%)
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, 8 (0.7%)
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, 2 (0.2%) Native American, 18 (1.6%) Asian, 0 (0.0%)
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, 26 (2.3%) from other races, and 139 (12.5%) from two or more races.
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of any race were 129 persons (11.6%). The whole population lived in households. There were 422 households, out of which 118 (28.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 234 (55.5%) were married-couple households, 25 (5.9%) were
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couple households, 101 (23.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 62 (14.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 119 households (28.2%) were one person, and 48 (11.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.63. There were 266
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(63.0% of all households). The age distribution was 208 people (18.7%) under the age of 18, 84 people (7.6%) aged 18 to 24, 352 people (31.7%) aged 25 to 44, 269 people (24.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 197 people (17.7%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 39.0years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. There were 523 housing units at an average density of , of which 422 (80.7%) were occupied. Of these, 246 (58.3%) were owner-occupied, and 176 (41.7%) were occupied by renters.


Notable people

* Jordan Beck, NFL football player * Joy Williams, singer – moved here with her family in 1993 when her father became CEO of Mount Hermon Christian Camps and Conference Center


References


External links


Santa Cruz Wiki - The People's Guide to Santa Cruz County, California.

Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center

Santa Cruz Public Libraries History of Mount Hermon


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