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Pleyto
Unincorporated community
Location in California
Country	United States
State	California
County	Monterey County
Elevation	781 ft (238 m)

Pleyto (formerly, Pleito) is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It is located on the San Antonio River 12.5 miles (20 km) southeast of Jolon, at an elevation of 781 feet (238 m).

The town was founded by William Pinkerton in 1868, and named for the Spanish Land Grant El Pleito which was changed to El Pleyto in 1884 which had become the popular spelling by English Speaking people and was mentioned as early as 1848 as The Pleyto Rancho in reference to the Mexican land grant of 1845 . The Pleito post office operated from 1870 to 1872, from 1874 to 1876. The Pleyto post office operated from 1884 to 1925. The town's original site has been flooded by Lake San Antonio.

Municipalities and communities of Monterey County, California, United States

County seat: Salinas

Cities	Carmel-by-the-Sea Del Rey Oaks Gonzales Greenfield King City Marina Monterey Pacific Grove Salinas Sand City Seaside Soledad

CDPs	Aromas‡ Boronda Bradley Carmel Valley Village Castroville Chualar Del Monte Forest Elkhorn Las Lomas Lockwood Moss Landing Pajaro Pine Canyon Prunedale San Ardo San Lucas Spreckels

Unincorporated communities	Ambler Park Blanco Bolsa Knolls Bryson Camphora Carmel Highlands Coburn Confederate Corners Cooper Corral de Tierra Dean East Garrison Elsa Fort Romie Gabilan Acres Gorda Harlem Jamesburg Jolon Lonoak Lucia Martinus Corner Metz Millers Ranch Molus Moss Nacimiento Nashua Natividad Neponset Notleys Landing Oak Hills Old Hilltown Pacific Grove Acres Palo Colorado Canyon Parkfield Pebble Beach Penvir Plaskett Pleyto Posts Robles Del Rio Royal Oaks San Benancio Slates Hot Springs Spence Spreckels Junction Sycamore Flat Tassajara Hot Springs Valleton Watsonville Junction Welby Wunpost

Ghost towns	Achasta Animpayamo Carmelito Docas Dunbarton Eagle Eslanagan Fort Ord Village Gabilan Gem Griswold Guayusta Imusdale Kakonkaruk Kalindaruk Kulul Lukaiasta Manchester Paisin Quina Sans Sapaywis Seama Soccorondo Steloglamo Subazama Tecolom Teshaya Tetachoya Tiubta Tukutnut Upland Vega Veratina Wachanaruka Zassalete Zumblito

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county

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