Aptos, California
Aptos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 6,220 at the 2010 census. Aptos is bisected northwest-to-southeast by the State Route 1 freeway.
Aptos is also an unincorporated town defined by ZIP codes 95001 and 95003. The town includes several small communities with a combined population of 24,402:
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, a rural area north of State Route 1,
Cabrillo,
Seacliff, south of State Route 1, west of Aptos Creek,
Rio Del Mar, south of State Route 1, from Aptos Creek southeast to Seascape, and
Seascape, south of State Route 1, centered on Seascape Beach Resort.
Geography
Aptos is located at 36°58′53″N 121°54′27″W / 36.98139°N 121.90750°W / 36.98139; -121.90750 (36.981500, -121.907432).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.4 square miles (17 km2), all of it land. The southwestern geographical boundary is Monterey Bay, while the northeast boundary is the Santa Cruz Mountains.
