Picacho (top, sharp-pointed summit), is the name of a post village in Imperial County.
Pico (a surname), ten miles from Los Ángeles. José María Pico of Sinaloa was the founder of this family, and its most notable member was his son, Pío Pico, at one time governor of California. According to Bancroft, the character of Pío Pico was a mixture of good and bad, in which the good predominated. “He was abused beyond his deserts; he was a man of ordinary intelligence and limited education; of a generous, jovial disposition, reckless and indolent, fond of cards and women; disposed to be fair and honorable in transactions, but not strong enough to avoid being made the tool of knaves. He did not run away with large sums of money obtained by sales of missions, as has been charged.”
Piedra (stone, rock), near Fresno.
Piedras Blancas (white rocks). See page [128].
Piedras Grandes (big rocks).
La Piedra Pintada (the painted rock). See page [108].
Pilar (literally “pillar of stone”). Point Pilar may have been named for Nuestra Señora del Pilar, (Our Lady of the pillar), from a church at Saragossa, Spain, where there is an image of the Virgin on a marble pillar. Pilar is also a surname, that of a pioneer family, for whom this point may have been named.
Pilarcitos (little pillars, or little Pilar Ranch).
Pilitas (basins or water-holes in rock).
El Pinal (the pine grove), in San Joaquín County.