Tag: California
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25 Interesting Facts About Oakland
Facts About Oakland Oakland is the only city in the world to have a natural saltwater lake within its city limits. Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California. There are over 80 parks in Oakland where you can reconvene with your inner wilderness explorer. Oakland’s territory covers what was…
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10 Interesting Facts About Oxnard
Facts About Oxnard Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, United States The estimated population of Oxnard is 202,063 as of 2020. Oxnard is located on the Oxnard Plain, an area with fertile soil. With its beaches, dunes, wetlands, creeks and the Santa Clara River, the area contains a number of important biological communities.…
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10 Interesting Facts About Huntington Beach
Facts About Huntington Beach Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.9 square miles, 26.7 sq mi of it is land and 5.1 sq mi of…
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10 Interesting Facts About Moreno Valley
Facts About Moreno Valley Frank E. Brown, one of the founders of the community of Moreno in 1882, declined to have the town named after him, but to honour him, the town was named Moreno, Spanish for brown. Moreno Valley is a city in Riverside County, California and is part of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan…
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10 Interesting Facts About Modesto
Facts About Modesto Modesto is the home of Gallo Family Winery, the largest privately-owned winery in the world. Modesto was founded in 1870. Modesto was to be named Ralston after financier William C. Ralston, However Ralston’s modesty prompted him to ask that another name be found, and the town was named Modesto in recognition of…
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15 Interesting Facts About San Bernardino
Facts About San Bernardino San Bernardino is a city located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. The city has been named after the British industrial city of Birmingham and was a way of promoting its destiny as a booming industrial centre in the United States. San Bernardino spans 81 square miles on the…
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10 Interesting Facts About Santa Clarita
Facts About Santa Clarita Santa Clarita is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California. The city of Santa Clarita consists of four distinct communities: Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, and Valencia. The Santa Clara River was named by Spanish explorers for Saint Clare of Assisi. In December 1987, the city of Santa Clarita was incorporated,…
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10 Interesting Facts About Chula Vista
Facts About Chula Vista Chula Vista is the second-largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh-largest city in Southern California, the fifteenth largest city in the state of California, and the 75th-largest city in the United States. Chula Vista is twinned with the following sister cities: Cebu City, Philippines; Irapuato, Mexico & Odawara,…
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10 Interesting Facts About Irvine, California
Facts About Irvine The Gabrieleño indigenous group inhabited Irvine about 2,000 years ago. Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish explorer, came to the area in 1769, which led to the establishment of forts, missions and cattle herds. The Irvine city flower is the Lily of the Nile and the city insect is the Western Swallowtail Butterfly.…
