Turlock
Turlock | ||
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Nickname : The city of God | ||
Location in California
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | February 15, 1908 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | California | |
County : | Stanislaus County | |
Coordinates : | 37 ° 30 ′ N , 120 ° 51 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | |
Residents : | 68,549 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 1,986.9 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 34.5 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) of which 34.5 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) are land |
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Height : | 31 m | |
Postcodes : | 95380-95382 | |
Area code : | +1 209 | |
FIPS : | 06-80812 | |
GNIS ID : | 0277622 | |
Website : | www.cityofturlock.org | |
Mayor : | Gary Soiseth |
Turlock is an American city in Stanislaus County in the US state of California with 68,549 inhabitants (2010).
history
Turlock was founded by John William Mitchell, a grain farmer, in 1871 when the Central Pacific Railroad was being built. It got its name after the karst lakes , the Turloughs , that arise in the west of Ireland each winter .
education
The city is the seat of California State University, Stanislaus .
Every two years there is a student exchange between the Turlock High School and the vocational schools of the Werra-Meißner district in Witzenhausen .
sons and daughters of the town
- H. Richard Crane (1907-2007), experimental physicist
- Richard L. Bare (1913–2015), screenwriter, director and TV producer
- Cal Niday (1914–1988), racing car driver
- Tony Carey (born 1953), musician
- Brad Lesley (1958-2013), baseball player
- Dot Jones (* 1964), sportswoman and actress
- Alison Cox (* 1979), rower
- Erika Ervin (* 1979), actress, model and fitness trainer
- Josh Harder (* 1986), politician
- Colin Kaepernick (* 1987), football player
- Talitha Bateman (* 2001), actress and model
- Gabriel Bateman (* 2005), actor
Web link
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