Fillmore is a small town in Ventura County in California. It is primarily an agricultural area, although it does have a historic downtown that dates back to the late 1800s when the Southern Pacific railroad built a line through the town.

Understand

Fillmore, with a population of some 16,000, sits at the foot of Topatopa Mountains in the Santa Clara River Valley. It was founded in 1887 upon the arrival of the Southern Pacific Rail line and the city voted to incorporate in 1914. Much of the historic center, which had been used in numerous Hollywood films, was rebuilt after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

Fillmore is within a historic agricultural and tree-farming belt and is famous for its many orange groves.

Sleep

• 1 Best Western La Posada Motel, 827 Ventura St, ☏ +1 805 524-0440, fax: +1 805 524-1463. $100. (updated Oct 2015)

Go next

• Santa Paula - 10 miles to the west, Santa Paula advertises itself as the "Citrus Capital of the World" and was an early center of California's petroleum industry. It is home to the California Oil Museum, housed in the historic Union Oil Building.

Routes through Fillmore

END ←	N  S	→ Simi Valley → Malibu
Ventura ← Santa Paula ←	W  E	→ Valencia → Ends at