Port Watsonville

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · CALIFORNIA

A historical populated place in Santa Cruz County, California, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Port Watsonville
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: California
County: Santa Cruz County
USGS Map: Moss Landing
Coordinates: 36.8746761, -121.8249530
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GNIS Feature ID: 1670531

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

Also recorded as

Port Rogers

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1670531. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Map U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:62,500-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known):
Text Durham, David L. California’s Geographic Names 1998-12-31 00:00:00

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.