Twentynine Palms

This article is about the California city of Twentynine Palms ; for the film of the same name, see Twentynine Palms (film) .

Twentynine Palms
View of Twentynine Palms
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Location in California
Basic data
Foundation :	1987
State :	United States
State :	California
County :	San Bernardino County
Coordinates :	34 ° 8 ′  N , 116 ° 3 ′  W 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

Commons : Twentynine Palms, California  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Site of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Twentynine Palms website: Mayor and City Council (English)
2. ^ 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. "
3. ↑ Directions & Transportation - Joshua Tree National Park (US National Park Service). Retrieved May 23, 2017 (English).