Mount Hermon, California


Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California.

History

In 1841, California's first water-powered sawmill was built at the junction of Bean Creek and Zayante Creek by Peter Lassen, Isaac Graham, J. Majors, and F. Hoeger.
Mount Hermon, known as "Tuxedo Junction" prior to 1906, was a stop on the South Coast Pacific Railroad from Alameda to Santa Cruz. Hotel Tuxedo was on the property; the hotel was purchased and renamed the Zayante Inn on April 14, 1906, by a group which later became the Mount Hermon Association, Inc. Five ladies of the group were entrusted with the selection of a new name for the area, and they chose that of the peak in the Holy Land. The land was to be used as a Christian retreat center, whose dedication day, known as "The Great Day", was July 22, 1906; the event was held at the Zayante Inn with 1400 people in attendance. Speaking at the dedication was Dr. Reuben A. Torrey, President of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois.
The Zayante Inn and surrounding cottages were destroyed by fire on April 18, 1921. At the site, the Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center, with three separate facilities, operates on much of the original property. There are also several hundred privately owned homes, the Mount Hermon post office, and a bookstore.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of, all of it land.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Mount Hermon had a population of 1,110. The population density was. The racial makeup of Mount Hermon was 917 White, 8 African American, 2 Native American, 18 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 26 from other races, and 139 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 129 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 422 households, out of which 118 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 234 were married-couple households, 25 were cohabiting couple households, 101 had a female householder with no partner present, and 62 had a male householder with no partner present. 119 households were one person, and 48 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.63. There were 266 families.
The age distribution was 208 people under the age of 18, 84 people aged 18 to 24, 352 people aged 25 to 44, 269 people aged 45 to 64, and 197 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 39.0years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males.
There were 523 housing units at an average density of, of which 422 were occupied. Of these, 246 were owner-occupied, and 176 were occupied by renters.

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