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About Castaic, CA

On Spanish documents, the original spelling was Castec, which represented the Chumash Native American word Kashtiq, meaning "eyes" or "wet spot". Castec is first mentioned on old boundary maps of Rancho San Francisco, as a canyon at the trailhead leading to the old Chumash camp at Castac Lake (Tejon Ranch), which is intermittently wet and briny. Modern Castaic began in 1887 when Southern Pacific set up a railroad siding on the line between Piru and Saugus Station, naming it " Castaic Junction". Between January and April 1890, the Castec School District adopted the new spelling, "Castaic". Following that newer spelling, some pronounce "Castaic" with three, instead of two, syllables.