Creston, California

Creston
Census-designated place
Creston Country Store, 2012
Location of Creston in San Luis Obispo County, California.
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Luis Obispo
Area
• Total	0.57 sq mi (1.47 km2)
• Land	0.56 sq mi (1.46 km2)
• Water	0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km2)  0.84%
Population  (2020)
• Total	98
• Density	173.8/sq mi (67.11/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	93432
FIPS code	06-17232

Church of Spiritual Technology ranch (note logo, top center) near Creston, where L. Ron Hubbard spent his last days.

Creston is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, about 10 miles east of Atascadero.

History

Creston (named after Calvin J. Cressy) was founded in 1884 on the Rancho Huerhuero Mexican land grant.

Creston was home to Creston Farm, where a number of retired American thoroughbred racehorses were boarded, including those listed below.

Notable retired racehorses who were stabled there include:

• Flying Paster (1976–1992)
• Golden Act (1976–2000)
• Skywalker (1982–2003)
• Itsallgreektome (1987–2007)

Writer and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard died at his ranch near Creston.

In 2014, Creston was made an American Viticultural Area called the Creston District AVA.

Transportation

Creston is near the following highways:

• California State Route 58
• California State Route 46
• California State Route 41
• California State Route 229

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	94		—
2020	98		4.3%
U.S. Decennial Census 1850–1870 1880-1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Creston first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

The 2010 United States census reported that Creston had a population of 94. The population density was 165.3 inhabitants per square mile (63.8/km²). The racial makeup of Creston was 89 (94.7%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 2 (2.1%) Native American, 1 (1.1%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 0 (0.0%) from other races, and 2 (2.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6 persons (6.4%).

The Census reported that 94 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 36 households, out of which 15 (41.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 20 (55.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3 (8.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3 (8.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3 (8.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 (2.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 8 households (22.2%) were made up of individuals, and 2 (5.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61. There were 26 families (72.2% of all households); the average family size was 2.96.

The population was spread out, with 22 people (23.4%) under the age of 18, 4 people (4.3%) aged 18 to 24, 28 people (29.8%) aged 25 to 44, 27 people (28.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 13 people (13.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males.

There were 39 housing units at an average density of 68.6 per square mile (26.5/km²), of which 27 (75.0%) were owner-occupied, and 9 (25.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 0%. 64 people (68.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 30 people (31.9%) lived in rental housing units.

External links

• History of Creston, in Creston News, a website