Orcutt Map
Orcutt is an unincorporated township located in the Santa Maria Valley of California, and a census-designated place; it is in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Orcutt is named for William W. Orcutt, the manager of the Geological, Land and Engineering Departments of the Union Oil Company. Known as the “Dean of Petroleum Geologists" Orcutt is credited with discovering fossilized prehistoric animal bones preserved in pools of asphalt on the Hancock Ranch. These would be the first of many fossils excavated from the La Brea Tar Pits. In commemoration of Orcutt’s initial discovery, paleontologists named the La Brea Coyote in W.W. Orcutt’s honor, Canis Orcutti.
The population of Orcutt was 28,905 at the 2010 census, up from 28,830 at the 2000 census.
Orcutt is located at 34°52?28?N 120°25?41?W / 34.87444°N 120.42806°W / 34.87444; -120.42806 (34.874550, -120.428067).
Nearby cities include Los Alamos, Guadalupe, Nipomo, Lompoc, Oceano.