Somis is an unincorporated area of Ventura
County
, California
, just north of the Camarillo
city limits. Its generally recognized
boundaries are the areas around the
intersection of Somis Road (
State Route 34) and Los Angeles
Avenue (
State Route 118),
the latter being the dividing line between uptown and downtown. Its
official boundaries are any residences in the 93066
ZIP Code. It is in the
area code 805.
As of 2000, the total population was 2,946.
[251584] It is primarily an
agricultural area, but is home to a
fire station, a
hardware store, a
market known as the
Somis
Market which is also a Mexican cafe, a
post office, an
elementary school, several shops including
the
Somis Nut House, one main
residential tract and numerous estates and ranches. It has no
formal
local government, but it is
serviced by the
Ventura County Sheriff's
Department and the
Ventura County Fire
Department.
Education
Somis School Grades K-8