Grover Beach

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Grover Beach
Grover Beach sign.jpg
Location in California
San Luis Obispo County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Grover Beach Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : August 1, 1887
State : United States
State : California
County : San Luis Obispo County
Coordinates : 35 ° 7 ′  N , 120 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 35 ° 7 ′  N , 120 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 13,156 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2,192.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.0 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 6.0 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 19 m
Postcodes : 93433, 93483
Area code : +1 805
FIPS : 06-31393
GNIS ID : 1652833
Website : www.grover.org
Mayor : John P. Shoals

Grover Beach is a city ( City ) in San Luis Obispo County in the US state of California , United States . It is the seventh largest in the county with a good 13,000 inhabitants. The geographical coordinates are: 35.12 ° north, 120.62 ° west. The urban area has a size of 6.0 km².

The place was founded in 1887 by DW Grover.

traffic

Rail transport

The Grover Beach train station west of the city is each way twice a day from Pacific Surf Liner with Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo connected.

Car traffic

California State Route 1 runs parallel to the tracks and merges into US Highway 101 in the neighboring city of Pismo Beach to the north . Route 101 also forms a short stretch of the northern outskirts of Grover Beach.

Others

The action thriller In the Clutches of the Woman Killer was partly filmed here.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Grover Beach city, California. 2010 Census. United States Department of Commerce , accessed October 4, 2014 .
  2. Grover Beach in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed September 29, 2014