Solromar had a post office from 1944 to 1956.[3] The post office selected the name from a list of twenty resident submissions. The Spanish words sol, oro, and mar were combined to suggest the description "golden sunset on the sea".[4]
This is the only residential community on the Malibu coast north of the Los Angeles County line. When Malibu incorporated as a city in Los Angeles County, this was the only community along the Malibu coast not to be included within the city limits.[5] This portion of the south coast of Ventura County typically uses Malibu for the address as it is within a Malibu ZIP Code. Sewer service in the area is provided by individual septic tank systems.[2]: 111
A California native garden and a monarch butterfly waystation were constructed as part of the MariSol subdivision.[6] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has found a 0.9-foot per year (0.27 m) erosion rate for the shoreline, with major erosion occurring during the winter months.[7]
^Fryer, Ashleigh (May 9, 2014). "MariSol breaks ground on two lots". Malibu Surfside News. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
