Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA

Ventura is a community in Ventura County, California, set within California’s Pacific-facing valleys, coastal ranges and metropolitan corridors. Ventura occupies a narrow coastal plain between the Pacific Ocean and foothills, centered on Mission San Buenaventura. Indigenous communities, Spanish and Mexican settlement, railroads and twentieth-century growth all left their mark, and later roads broadened the community’s ties to the region. Technology, trade, education, manufacturing, agriculture and tourism shape contemporary life. Parks and established neighborhoods give Ventura a distinct sense of place.