Wheatland, California

Wheatland, California
City
Location in Yuba County and the state of California
Country	United States
State	California
County	Yuba
Area
• Total	0.8 sq mi (2 km2)
• Land	0.8 sq mi (2 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	92 ft (28 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	2,275
• Density	2,843.8/sq mi (1,137.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	95692
Area code	530
FIPS code	06-85012
GNIS feature ID	1652652

Wheatland is a city in Yuba County, California, United States. The population was 2,275 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Wheatland is located at 39°0′45″N 121°25′31″W (39.012409, -121.425225)Template:GR.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²), all of it land.

History

Wheatland was the site of the bloody Wheatland Hop Riot of 1913.

In 1888, Edward P. Duplex was elected Mayor, the first black man to be elected mayor of a Western United States City. His original barbershop stands today on Main street.

Edward Duplex, b. 13 May 1831 in New Haven, CT, was the oldest son of Prince Jr. and Adaline Duplex. His father died in 1832 leaving Adaline, a dress maker, to support the three Duplex children. Edward and his brother learned the barbering trade in New Haven before setting out in 1854 to join the California gold rush. Their mother joined them in 1860. The family developed a successful business enterprise of hair care service and products. Edward's establishment in Wheatland, Yuba County, California became a center of political and social discourse, and he personally played a prominent politician in northern California, serving as mayor of Wheatland, a small community near Sacramento. He married Sophie Elizabeth and had several children. His life and accomplishments are described in several articles and books on African American pioneers of California.

His grandfather was Prince Duplex

In February 1754, Prince Duplex was born into mid-eighteenth century Colonial America. He was raised in a part of Southington, Connecticut, that later became incorporated as the town of Wolcott. Prince's parents were slaves of Rev. Benjamin Chapman, a Princeton-educated clergyman and pastor of the Congregational Church. In Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington, Conn. published in 1875, Heman Timlow notes that "those now living remember Prince and Peter Duplex whose mother was Mr. Chapman's cook." Timlow relates several anecdotes of the early Duplex family life as given by community tradition.

As the Revolutionary War commenced in 1776, Rev. Chapman lost most of his property for unclear reasons. A year later Prince enlisted in the Army of the Revolutionary as a "free man of color" according to his war service record. He served an initial three year term with the Army of the Revolution from 1777 to 1780, engaging in battles at Mud Island, Germantown and Monmouth. In 1782, he reenlisted and served until the War's end in 1783. He was stationed as a guard with Regiments at Horseneck and Stamford, Connecticut in Fairfield County.

• From the web site: Historic Sites: Hairdressing and Shaving Saloon Wheatland, Yuba County. 63 "Edward Park Duplex, a Black man who would become Mayor of Wheatland [CA], opened a hairdressing and shaving saloon at 415 Main Street in 1875. Duplex had been a barber in Marysville for 20 years before moving to Wheatland.

"Duplex's Hairdressing and Shaving Saloon was located several doors from the Central Hotel in the heart of the business district, and was a locus of Wheatland's civic activity. Here, leaders exchanged information on matters facing the town's development while receiving tonsorial services. According to an advertisement in the Wheatland Free Press May 29, 1875, 'the shop paid particular attention to cutting ladies and misses hair, to honing and setting razors and Duplex's celebrated Eau Lustral Hair Restorative, together with a choice selection of oils and pomades, kept constantly on hand.'

"Duplex was elected Mayor of Wheatland April 11, 1888 by the Board of Trustees, and may well have been the first Black person to hold such a high office in the western United States. By the time he occupied the mayor's office, Duplex had had more than one quarter of a century's experience as a businessman and civic leader. In 1855, he was the Yuba County representative at the first California Colored Citizens State Convention in Sacramento. At the 1856 convention, Duplex was once again a county representative, and served as a member of the convention's Executive Committee. On several occasions, Duplex was recorded in the Marysville City Council Minutes as a spokesman for Mt. Olivet Baptist Church.

"In recognition of his stature, the Marysville Daily Appeal, January 8, 1900, described him 'as one of the best known Colored men in this northern part of the State.' Years later, Peter Delay, in the History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, named Duplex as 'a man who helped make Wheatland.'

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 2,275 people, 785 households, and 584 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,007.5 people per square mile (1,155.8/km²). There were 816 housing units at an average density of 1,078.7/sq mi (414.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 74.64% White, 1.14% African American, 1.45% Native American, 5.19% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 11.08% from other races, and 6.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.23% of the population.

There were 785 households out of which 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.37.

In the city the population was spread out with 32.9% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,861, and the median income for a family was $39,375. Males had a median income of $32,656 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,889. About 15.8% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the state legislature Wheatland is located in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Sam Aanestad, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Rick Keene. Federally, Wheatland is located in California's 2nd congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +13 and is represented by Republican Wally Herger.

External links

• City of Wheatland Official Website
• Wheatland Historical Society
• South Yuba County Live Weather and Scanner Feed
• The Wheatland Citizen News Paper

• Wheatland Union High School District
• Wheatland School District