Sisquoc Store Foxen Canyon #2

by Barbara Snyder

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Sisquoc Store Foxen Canyon #2

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Barbara Snyder

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Sisquoc Store Foxen Canyon by Barbara Snyder

The Sisquoc Store operated for years in old town Sisquoc located at 3960 Foxen Canon Road, is Sisquoc, California. It has been closed now for some time. Last it was opened it was serving as a deli and convince store.

It is located on the Foxen Canyon Road is also called the Foxen Canyon Wine Trail because of the large number of wineries that are located along side or just off the highway.

Sisquoc is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California located east of U.S. Route 101 about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Santa Maria and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Garey. The ZIP Code is 93454, and the community is inside area code 805. Sisquoc has a fire station, a church, a Preschool-8 school and a store. It has a micro-climate with mild weather year-round. The population was 183 at the 2010 census.

The town is at the intersection of Palmer Road and Foxen Canyon Road, at the southwestern edge of the floodplain of the Sisquoc River. The predominant land use on the plain is agriculture, while the hills to the south and west contain the Cat Canyon Oil Field, with Greka Energy and ERG Resources, LLC being the largest operators.

Sisquoc is an agricultural area. It is well known for vinyards and strawberry fields. The terrain is hilly, and there are mountains in the distance. Wildlife near Sisquoc includes bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, rabbits, and gophers.

There is one closed store in town called the Sisquoc store, and a fire station. There is one school in town called Benjamin Foxen, home of the Bobcats. Benjamin Foxen is the only remaining school of 5 in the Blochman School District. The Blochman School PTA (Parent Teacher Association) was established in 1960. The school has a library in need of more books (please donate amazon gift cards). Students and teachers at Blochman run a school garden, and fresh produce from the garden is served in the cafeteria.

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