Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California. As of the 2020 census, Mount Hermon had a population of 1,110.
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.<br> 1860–1870 1880-1890<br> 1900 1910 1920<br> 1930 1940 1950<br> 1960 1970 1980<br> 1990 2000 2010<br> 2020
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Mount Hermon first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2010 United States census.
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|908
|style='background: #ffffe6; |870
|87.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |78.38%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.58%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.72%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|13
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18
|1.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.62%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|24
|style='background: #ffffe6; |80
|2.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.21%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|83
|style='background: #ffffe6; |129
|8.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.62%
|-
|Total
|1,037
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,110
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Mount Hermon had a population of 1,110. The population density was . The racial makeup of Mount Hermon was 917 (82.6%) White, 8 (0.7%) African American, 2 (0.2%) Native American, 18 (1.6%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 26 (2.3%) from other races, and 139 (12.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 129 persons (11.6%).
98.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 2.0% lived in rural areas.
The whole population lived in households. There were 422 households, out of which 118 (28.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 234 (55.5%) were married-couple households, 25 (5.9%) were cohabiting couple households, 101 (23.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 62 (14.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 119 households (28.2%) were one person, and 48 (11.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.63.
- Joy Williams, singer – moved here with her family in 1993 when her father became CEO of Mount Hermon Christian Camps and Conference Center
References
External links
- Santa Cruz Wiki - The People's Guide to Santa Cruz County, California.
- Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center
- Santa Cruz Public Libraries History of Mount Hermon
- Mount Hermon's Outdoor Science School