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Jolon
Jolon
	— Unincorporated community —
	; Jolon Location in California
	Coordinates: 35°58′15″N 121°10′34″W / 35.97083°N 121.17611°WCoordinates: 35°58′15″N 121°10′34″W / 35.97083°N 121.17611°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Monterey County
Elevation	971 ft (296 m)

Jolon (pronounced /hɵˈloʊn/) is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.^[1] It is located 17 miles (27 km) south of King City,^[2] at an elevation of 971 feet (296 m).^[1] Jolon is located in the Salinas Valley in a rural area located about 6 miles from Mission San Antonio de Padua, and is part of Fort Hunter Liggett.

The town was founded by Antonio Ramirez who built an inn at the place in 1850.^[2] The Jolon post office was founded in 1872.^[2] Jolon was owned by William Randolph Hearst in the 1920s, who sold it to the US Army, its current owner. The ZIP Code is 93928,^[3] and the community is inside area code 831.

Jolon is mentioned in the chorus of the song "South Coast" [1], as a place you could gamble back in its frontier days.

Jolon is also the setting for John Steinbeck's novel To a God Unknown. The town is not mentioned in the book but is the basis for the fictional town in the book.

[edit] The Hacienda

William Randolph Hearst built a hotel known as The Hacienda near Jolon. That hotel, now owned by the United States Army, is operated by a concessionaire and open to the public.^[4]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c USGS GNIS: Jolon, California
^ ^a ^b ^c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 910. ISBN 9781884995149.
^ USPS ZIP Code lookup tool
^ The Hacienda

[edit] External links

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[gnis-0] USGS GNIS: Jolon, California

[CGN-1] Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 910. ISBN 9781884995149.

[2] USPS ZIP Code lookup tool

[3] The Hacienda

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