There are no doubts that this
is a farming community. A grain elevator in the middle
of town, a hardware and pump store, and a wind generator
as you come in to town.
As with other small towns,
there's also a sense of community that is warm and generous.
The deli owner that knows all his customers, the families
playing together in the park.
The only town on El Camino Real named for a person
rather than a saint, Templeton was founded in 1886.
The West Coast Land Company sent R.R. Harris to survey
and lay out business and residential lots and 5-12 acre
parcels