Santo Tomás, Baja California

Santo Tomás, a town in the Ensenada Municipality of Baja California, Mexico. It was originally the site of the Misión Santo Tomás de Aquino. After the mission was abandoned it was taken as a post for the Mexican frontier garrison and for a time as the capital of the territory of Baja California. The town grew up east of the Mission site.

References

Meigs, Peveril, III. 1935. The Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California. University of California Publications in Geography No. 7. Berkeley.
Vernon, Edward W. 2002. Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California, 1683-1855. Viejo Press, Santa Barbara, California.

See also

Spanish missions in California

Coordinates: 31°33′16″N 116°24′32″W / 31.55444°N 116.40889°W / 31.55444; -116.40889

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