Editing Pajaro, California (section)

==History ==
The Pajaro post office operated from 1872 to 1873 and from 1882 to 1888.<ref name=CGN />

The oldest building in the community is the Porter-Vallejo Mansion. Constructed in the 1840s and remodeled multiple times, it was acquired in 1991 and converted into a public library/senior citizen center. It also houses a day-care facility for the children of migrant farm workers. Supervisor Marc Del Piero, a Pajaro native, also secured major federal grants to acquire and completely rebuild the public water system in 1984, and transferred it to the newly created Pajaro Community Services District.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

On Monday, May 11, 1903, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] stopped in Pajaro for a ten-minute [[whistle-stop train tour|whistle-stop address]] on his way to Santa Cruz. He arrived in his special train via the Southern Pacific at 8:50am and left at 9:00am.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

The town was heavily flooded in 1995, 1998, and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rust |first=Susanne |last2=Mejia |first2=Brittny |last3=Dillon |first3=Liam |date=2023-03-11 |title=Levee breach in Monterey County triggers massive flooding, prompts evacuations, rescues |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-11/communities-along-central-coast-to-southern-sierra-hit-hardest-by-latest-storm |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Coury |first=Nic |last2=Dazio |first2=Stefanie |date=2023-03-11 |title=Storm breaches California river's levee, hundreds evacuate |url=https://www.ksby.com/news/california-news/storm-breaches-california-rivers-levee-hundreds-evacuate |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=KSBY News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rust |first=Susanne |date=2023-03-12 |title=Scenes of devastation along the Pajaro River: 'The water is still coming in. It's rising' |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-11/la-me-pajaro-river-flooding |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kenny |first=Tess |date=2023-03-13 |title=Salinas River swells past banks but Monterey Peninsula once again saved from cutoff |url=https://www.montereyherald.com/2023/03/13/salinas-river-swells-past-banks-but-monterey-peninsula-once-again-saved-from-cutoff |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Monterey Herald |language=en-US}}</ref>