Twentynine Palms
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Foundation : | 1987 |
State : | United States |
State : | California |
County : | San Bernardino County |
Coordinates : | 34 ° 8 ′ N , 116 ° 3 ′ W |
Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
Residents : | 25,048 (as of 2010) |
Population density : | 163.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 153.18 km 2 (approx. 59 mi 2 ) of which 153.18 km 2 (approx. 59 mi 2 ) are land |
Height : | 606 m |
Postcodes : | 92277, 92278 |
Area code : | +1 760, 442 |
FIPS : | 06-80994 |
GNIS ID : | 1652804 |
Website : | www.ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us |
Mayor : | McArthur Wright |
Twentynine Palms (sometimes also referred to as 29 Palms ) is a city in San Bernardino County in the south of the US state California , United States , with 25,000 inhabitants (as of 2010). The urban area has a size of 142.0 km².
geography
Twentynine Palms is located in the Mojave Desert . The city's mean altitude of 607 m means that it is exactly at the transition between the two climatic desert zones, Low Desert and High Desert .
history
Twentynine Palms is named after the palm trees that Col. Henry Washington found during his geographic research in 1852.
Joshua Tree National Park
The city is on the northern edge of Joshua Tree National Park ; one of the three park entrances (North Entrance) is located here.
military
Twentynine Palms is also the location of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms near Interstate 10 and California State Route 62 .
sons and daughters of the town
- DeeDee Trotter (* 1982), sprinter
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Twentynine Palms website: Mayor and City Council (English)
- ^ Erwin Gustav Gudde, Bright, William: California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names , 4th. Edition, University of California Press , Berkeley, CA 1998, ISBN 0-520-24217-3 , p. 277, LCCN 97-043168 : “Washington ... found 29 'cabbage trees' ... the common name for the Washington palm. "
- ↑ Directions & Transportation - Joshua Tree National Park (US National Park Service). Retrieved May 23, 2017 (English).