Name Dropping on the Coast
Huntington Beach wasn’t the city’s first name.
In the late 1800s, it was Shell Beach. In 1901, a syndicate led by P.A. Stanton bought 80 acres along the coast, subdivided it and named it Pacific City.
Stanton sold his stake a year later, and the town was renamed for H.E. Huntington, who helped to bring the Pacific Electric Railway to the community.
Source: Huntington Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau
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