Natividad is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monterey County, California. It is located 5 miles northeast of Salinas, at an elevation of 164 feet. Natividad was named for the Rancho La Natividad Mexican land grant which included the community. It was the site of a significant battle of the Mexican-American War in 1846. A post office …Natividad is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monterey County, California. It is located 5 miles northeast of Salinas, at an elevation of 164 feet. Natividad was named for the Rancho La Natividad Mexican land grant which included the community. It was the site of a significant battle of the Mexican-American War in 1846. A post office operated at Natividad from 1855 to 1908. Natividad was a bustling station for stage coaches in the 1850s until traffic was re-routed through Salinas. The town declined after the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad through Salinas in 1872, and its last remaining building, a saloon, was demolished in 1964.
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