Tourist Guide Aptos
Aptos can be referred to as one of the CDPs, i.e. census-designated places located in ‘Santa Cruz County, California, US’.
It falls in the category of ‘unincorporated areas’ of Santa Cruz; comprising of numerous petite communities.
According to US Census Bureau, this CDP’s total area consists of 18.2 sq. Km (all land). It stands on ‘San Andreas Fault’. Moreover, this place was an epicenter of ‘1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake’.
The name ‘Aptos’ has been derived from confluence of Valencia Creek and Aptos Creek. Actually, the nomenclature is ‘Ohlone’, which means ‘meeting of 2 creeks’. The pronunciation goes this way: ‘app-toss’.
Summer would be the best season to visit Aptos.
The population as per 2000 census was 9396. Median income with regards to every household was $61843; whereas with regards to a family was $73515. Round 7.1% of population was reported to stay below poverty line; inclusive of 3.4% of people under 18.
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