Eureka (California)
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The Carson Mansion in Eureka |
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Foundation : | 1850 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | California | |
County : | Humboldt County | |
Coordinates : | 40 ° 47 ′ N , 124 ° 10 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | |
Residents : | 27,191 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 1,109.8 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 37.4 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 24.5 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 13.4 m | |
Postcodes : | 95501, 95502, 95503 | |
Area code : | +1 707 | |
FIPS : | 06-23042 | |
GNIS ID : | 0277605 | |
Website : | www.ci.eureka.ca.gov | |
Mayor : | Virginia Bass |
Eureka (from Greek ηὕρηκα, I found , perfect from εὑρίσκω, I think ) is a city with 27,191 inhabitants (as of 2010). It is located in Humboldt County , in the north of the US state California . The urban area has a size of 37.4 km².
The urban landscape is characterized by deep, furrow-like valleys called "gullies" and the Redwood Forest. Well-known features of the city are the many Victorian houses and the Pulp Mill. On October 15, 1991, Old Town Eureka was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District .
For the origin of the name, see also Heureka .
Town twinning
- Kamisu , Japan
- Nelson , New Zealand
sons and daughters of the town
- Minerva Urecal (1894–1966), actress
- Joseph Tracy Gregory (1914-2007), paleontologist
- Steve Cochran (1917–1965), actor
- Bernon F. Mitchell (1929-2001), NSA defector
- Kevin Still (* 1960), rower
- Trevor Dunn (* 1968), composer and bassist
- Mike Patton (* 1968), singer and songwriter
- Sara Bareilles (* 1979), singer-songwriter and pianist
ID
After 1994 published History The Invader of Fort Duckburg (dt. The ruler of Entenhausen ) by Don Rosa is Entenhausen approximately there where Eureka is found.
traffic
The city can be reached by plane via Arcata-Eureka Airport .
climate
There is a very balanced climate with only very small temperature fluctuations between summer and winter. This has to do with the cool Pacific Ocean, whose water temperature is between 12 and 16 ° C all year round.
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Eureka
Source: wetterkontor.de
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literature
- Scott H. Brown: Eureka . Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 2013. ISBN 9780738596761
Web links
- Official community site of Eureka (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved December 7, 2013