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Santa Rita
Neighborhood of Salinas
Country	United States
State	California
County	Monterey County
City	Salinas
Elevation	79 ft (24 m)

Santa Rita (formerly, New Republic, Sotoville, and Pinecate) is a neighborhood of Salinas in Monterey County, California. It is located north of downtown, at an elevation of 79 feet (24 m).

Jose Manuel Soto bought the Santa Rita land grant and allocated 1 square mile (2.6 km²) for a town he named New Republic. The New Republic post office opened in 1870 and changed its name to Santa Rita in 1874, and closed permanently in 1907. The town was also called Pinecate from nearby Pinecate Peak, and Sotoville in honor of Soto.

Santa Rita was annexed by Salinas in 1975.

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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