Garden Grove, California
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 Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove |
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| Location in California | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1874 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Orange County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 47 ′ N , 117 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 170,883 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 3,667 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 46.7 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) of which 46.6 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 27 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 92840-92846 | ||
| Area code : | +1 714 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-29000 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1660662 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us | ||
| Mayor : | Bảo Nguyễn | ||
 Buddhist temple in Little Saigon |
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Garden Grove is a city in Orange County in the US state of California . In 2004, according to an estimate by the United States Census Bureau, the place had 167,347 residents. The urban area has a size of 46.7 km². In addition to the many Mexican immigrants, many Asians, especially Vietnamese who live in the Little Saigon district , also constitute a large minority of the population.
The city is known for the Megachurch Crystal Cathedral by Robert H. Schuller . The Hour of Power television service was broadcast weekly from February 2008 to July 2013 from the Crystal Cathedral, and is watched by an estimated 10 to 30 million people in 196 countries worldwide. After the parish went bankrupt and the Crystal Cathedral was sold, the service has been recorded since July 2013 from the newly occupied Shepherd's Grove Church , 1,500 m away . The Crystal Cathedral (1980) and the Crean Tower (1990) are well-known buildings by the architect Philip Johnson .
Town twinning
- Anyang ( South Korea ), since 1989
sons and daughters of the town
- Steve Martin (born 1945), comedian and actor (born in Waco , Texas , but grew up in Garden Grove)
- Alan Trammell (born 1958), baseball player
- Dennis Sigalos (* 1959), speedway driver
- Dexter Holland (* 1965), singer in the punk band The Offspring
- Shoshana Chatfield , admiral
- Scott Klopfenstein (* 1977), member of the ska band Reel Big Fish
- Troy Polamalu (born 1981), football player
- Michael Anthony Monsoor (1981-2006), served as a machine gunner in Iraq, recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Jennette McCurdy (* 1992), actress and singer
- Coryn Rivera (* 1992), racing cyclist