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Lucia
Lucia
	— Unincorporated community —
	; Lucia Location in California
	Coordinates: 36°01′15″N 121°33′02″W / 36.02083°N 121.55056°WCoordinates: 36°01′15″N 121°33′02″W / 36.02083°N 121.55056°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Monterey County
Elevation	354 ft (108 m)

Lucia is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.^[1] It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Lopez Point,^[2] at an elevation of 354 feet (108 m).^[1] Lucia is one of the three small settlements of gas stations, restaurants, and motels located along State Route 1 on the Big Sur coast. The ZIP Code is 93920, but mail sent to Lucia must be addressed "Big Sur",^[3] and the community is inside area code 831.

A post office operated at Lucia from 1900 to 1933, moving in 1906, and from 1936 to 1938.^[2] The name honors Lucia Dani, its first postmaster.^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c USGS GNIS: Lucia, 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. 921. ISBN 9781884995149.
^ USPS ZIP Code lookup tool

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