 Also sometimes included within the communities are Cuddy Valley, Grapevine, Neenach and New Cuyama.Although the communities are divided among three counties (four, if New Cuyama, which is in Santa Barbara County, is included), they are tied together by the local newspaper, the "Mountain Enterprise", the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce, and the Ridge Route Communities Museum and Historical Society.All the communities are unincorporated areas, and all are served by their respective county agencies, such as sheriff's departments and county fire departments.