![]() ![]() Gaspar de Portolà led a military expedition by land from San Diego to Monterey, passing through Ventura County in August of that year. Īctive occupation of California by Spain began in 1769. In October 1542, the expedition led by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo anchored in an inlet near Point Mugu its members were the first Europeans to arrive in the area that would become Ventura County. Mission San Buenaventura is a Spanish mission founded in 1782 by the Franciscan order. Others include Point Mugu from the word Muwu (meaning “beach”), Saticoy from the word Sa’aqtiko’y (meaning “sheltered for the wind”), and Sespe Creek from the word S’eqp’e (meaning “kneecap”). Several place names in the county has originated from Chumash, including Ojai, which means moon, and Simi Valley, which originates from the word Shimiyi and refers to the stringy, thread-like clouds that typify the region. The dialect of the Chumash language that was spoken in Ventura County was Ventureño. According to diachronic linguistics, certain words such as tomolo’o (canoe) could be related to Polynesian languages. This has led to speculations among archeologists of whether the Chumash could have had a pre-historic contact with Polynesians. Canoe launching points on the mainland for trade with the Chumash of the Channel Islands were located at the mouth of the Ventura River, Mugu Lagoon and Point Hueneme. The plank canoe, called a tomol in Chumash, was important to their way of life. Chumash Indian Museum in Thousand Oaks has several reconstructed Chumash houses (‘apa) and there are several Chumash pictographs in the county, including the Burro Flats Painted Cave in Simi Valley. The Chumash are also known for their rock paintings and for their great basketry. The Chumash were hunter-gatherers, fishermen, and also traders with the Mojave, Yokuts, and Tongva Indians. Ventura County was historically inhabited by the Chumash people, who also settled much of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, with their presence dating back 10,000–12,000 years. Pictographs in the Burro Flats Painted Cave in Simi Valley Two of the Channel Islands are part of the county: Anacapa Island, which is the most visited island in Channel Islands National Park, and San Nicolas Island. It is also considered the southernmost county along the California Central Coast. ![]() Ventura County comprises the Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Greater Los Angeles area (Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area). The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. Ventura County ( / v ɛ n ˈ t ʊər ə/ ( listen)) is a county in the southern part of the U.S. ![]()
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