Nipomo (/nəˈpoʊmoʊ/; Chumash: Nipumuʔ)[4] is an unincorporated town in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

[6] For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Nipomo as a census-designated place (CDP).

[2] The original settlers of Nipomo were the Chumash Indians, who have lived in the area for over 9,000 years.

Rancho Nipomo (the Chumash word ne-po-mah meant "foot of the hill") was one of the first and largest of the Mexican land grants in San Luis Obispo County.

William G. Dana of Boston, a sea captain whose travels led him to California, married Maria Josefa Carrillo of Santa Barbara.

In 1846, U.S. Army Captain John C. Fremont and his soldiers stopped at the rancho on their way south to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.

Captain Dana hosted a barbecue and gave Fremont's men 30 fresh horses.

The Pacific Coast Railway (narrow gauge) came to town in 1882, and trains ran through Nipomo until The Great Depression in the 1930s.

Thousands of Blue Gum Eucalyptus trees were planted on the Nipomo Mesa in 1909 by two men who formed the Los Berros Forest Company with the idea of selling the trees as hardwood.

Nipomo Mesa is the location of one of the most famous photographs of the Great Depression, "Migrant Mother", by Dorothea Lange.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.9 square miles (39 km2), virtually all of it land.

This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F.

The census reported that 67.9% of the population lived in owner-occupied households with the average home value bring $594,800.

The entire Rancho Nipomo is listed as a California Historical Landmark.