Funeral Homes in Somis, CA

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Somis is an unincorporated community of Ventura County, California that was established in 1892 by Thomas Bard and D.T. Perkins on a portion of the Mexican land grant, Rancho Las Posas.The name of this townsite may have been derived from “water of the scrub oak,” a Chumash placename referring to the presence of water. Somis is in the Las Posas Valley on the south bank of Fox Barranca, just west of Arroyo Las Posas. Like many of the farms on the adjacent Oxnard Plain, the crops of corn, wheat and barley grown here were shipped through the wharf that had been constructed in Hueneme in 1871. Agricultural products were able to be shipped by rail when the line from Los Angeles to San Francisco was routed through the valley and a stop was established adjacent to the community.The school provides a sense of community for the town and the surrounding rural agricultural area that lies within the Somis Union School District boundary. Several structures have been designated County of Ventura Landmarks. The Camarillo station is the nearest stop for Amtrak and Metrolink trains and is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to east Ventura.Somis Road (State Route 34), as the main thoroughfare, is lined with a few shops, businesses and a county fire station and intersects State Route 118 (Los Angeles Avenue) just north of town after crossing Fox Barranca. The railroad, which is parallel with Los Angeles Avenue between Somis and Moorpark, turns and becomes parallel with Somis Road at the south end of town where they located the railroad stop for shipping agricultural products. The tracks continue south to the Camarillo Station and the intersection with US 101. The original name of Somis Road has been changed though to Lewis Road a little over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of town at the northern boundary of the City of Camarillo which is also generally the southerly boundary of Rancho Las Posas.Shown as Central Avenue on the original plat filed by Bard, Somis Road runs in a north-south direction through the middle of the townsite. The parallel roads on either side are named West Street and East Street. Three streets are oriented in an east-west direction. The most northerly, named North Street, was extended northwesterly with plats filed in 1948 and 1953 that subdivided additional town lots. No further subdivision of town lots has occurred after this post-World War II expansion of the townsite to 96 acres (39 ha).As of 2000, the total population was 2,946 It is primarily an agricultural area, but is home to a hardware store, a market with a Mexican cafe, a post office, an elementary school, several shops, a small animal hospital, one main residential tract and numerous estates and ranches. It has no formal local government, but it is serviced by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department and the Ventura County Fire Department.The Somis ZIP Code, 93066, includes a large area of surrounding agricultural lands bounded on the south by the edge of housing tracts in Camarillo and on the north by the ridge line of South Mountain, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Los Angeles Ave. The Zip code encompasses an area some 11 miles (18 km) in width in the east-west direction. Forbes Magazine ranked Somis the 108th most-expensive ZIP code in the United States in 2015.

Somis Obituaries

It was reported on October 22nd, 2014 that Ruth Mueller (Strey) passed on in Somis, California.  Ms. Mueller was 84 years old and was born in Milwaukee, WI.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Ruth's life.

It was disclosed by Ventura County Star on March 13th, 2012 that Helen Denny died in Somis, California.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Helen's life.

It was revealed by Ventura County Star on February 24th, 2012 that Javier Gonzalez passed on in Somis, California.  Gonzalez was 42 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Javier's life.

It was revealed by Ventura County Star on February 10th, 2012 that Glenn Burow perished in Somis, California.  Burow was 78 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Glenn's life.

It was disclosed by Ventura County Star on February 8th, 2012 that Robert McCarty perished in Somis, California.  McCarty was 83 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Robert's life.

It was revealed by Ventura County Star on January 22nd, 2012 that Helen H Radford passed on in Somis, California.  Radford was 87 years old and was born in Seattle, WA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Helen H's life.

It was reported by Ventura County Star on January 20th, 2012 that Norman Jr Frost died in Somis, California.  Frost was 72 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Norman Jr's life.

It was noted by Ventura County Star on January 12th, 2012 that Beryl Peterson passed away in Somis, California.  Peterson was 89 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Beryl's life.

It was disclosed by Ventura County Star on December 20th, 2011 that Art Noroian passed on in Somis, California.  Noroian was 69 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Art's life.

It was revealed by Ventura County Star on December 7th, 2011 that Dale Smith died in Somis, California.  Smith was 77 years old and was born in Detroit, MI.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Dale's life.

History

Category:Unincorporated communities in California

Category:Ventura County, California

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