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Stanislaus County (; es, Condado de Estanislao) is a
county
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located in the
San Joaquin Valley
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of the U.S. state of
California
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. As of the
2020 census, the population was 552,878. The
county seat
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is
Modesto
Modesto () is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,464 at the 2020 census, it is the 19th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Sacramento-Stockton ...
.
Stanislaus County makes up the Modesto
Metropolitan Statistical Area
In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally incorporated as a city or tow ...
. The county is located just east of the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area G ...
and serves as a
bedroom community for those who work in the eastern part of the Bay Area.
History
The first European to see the area was
Gabriel Moraga in 1806.
The county was named after the Estanislao river, which in turn was named in honor of
Estanislao, a mission-educated
renegade
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Aircraft
*Lake Renegade, an American amphibious aircraft design
*Murphy Renegade, a Canadian ultralight biplane design
*Southern Aeronautical Renegade, an American racing aircraft design
Games
*''Command ...
Native American chief who led a band of Native Americans in a series of battles against
Mexican troops until finally being defeated by
General
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...
Mariano Vallejo in 1826. Estanislao was his baptismal name, the Spanish name version after
Saint Stanislaus the Martyr.
Between 1843 and 1846, when California was a province of independent
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
, five
Mexican land grants totaling were granted in Stanislaus County.
Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas (Meetingplace and the Herons) was a Mexican land grant in present-day Stanislaus County and Merced County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Sebastián Núñez. The grant was originally i ...
,
Rancho Pescadero and
Rancho Del Puerto were located on the west side of the San Joaquin River, and
Rancho Del Rio Estanislao and
Rancho Thompson
Rancho Thompson (also called "Eight Leagues on Stanislaus River") was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Alpheus Basil Thompson.Ogden Hoffman, 1862, ''R ...
on the north side of the Stanislaus River. Additionally, in 1844
Salomon Pico received a Mexican land grant of in the
San Joaquin Valley
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, somewhere near the
Stanislaus River and the
San Joaquin River in what is now
Stanislaus County. However, the grant was never confirmed by the Land Commission.
Stanislaus County was formed from part of
Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County (), officially the County of Tuolumne, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,620. The county seat and only incorporated city is Sonora.
Tuolumne County comprises th ...
in 1854. The county seat was first situated at Adamsville, then moved to Empire in November, La Grange in December, and Knights Ferry in 1862, and was ultimately fixed at the present location in Modesto in 1871.
As the price of housing has increased in the
San Francisco Bay Area
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, many people who work in the southern reaches of the Bay Area have opted for the longer commute and moved to Stanislaus County for the relatively
affordable housing.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.3%) is water.
Stanislaus County has historically been divided socially and economically by the north-flowing
San Joaquin River, which provided a natural barrier to trade and travel for much of the county's history. Isolated from the main rail corridors through the county and the
irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been devel ...
projects that generated much of the region's economic prosperity, the part of Stanislaus County west of the river (known to locals as the "West Side" of the county) has largely remained rural and economically dependent on agricultural activities. Because of its proximity to
Interstate 5 and the
California Aqueduct
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some towns within this area, including
Patterson and
Newman, have experienced tremendous growth and are being transformed into
bedroom communities for
commuters from the nearby
San Francisco Bay Area
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, while others (including
Westley and
Crows Landing
Crows Landing is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California. Crows Landing is about
southwest of Modesto. Crows Landing sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Crows Landing's population was 322.
Hi ...
) have been almost entirely overlooked by development and remain tiny farming communities.
Flora and fauna
There are a number or rare and
endangered species found in Stanislaus County. The Beaked Clarkia, (''
Clarkia rostrata''), is listed as a candidate for the Federal Endangered Species List. It has only been found in
blue oak-
gray pine associations in the
foothills
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of the
Sierra Nevada
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, a
habitat
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which occurs at moderately high elevations. Colusa Grass, (''
Neostapfsia colusana'') is listed as endangered by the State. It is restricted to
vernal pools. (Torrey, 1989)
National protected area
*
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
The San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area of along the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley, California. It is within San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County.
It protects more than of riparian woodland ...
(part)
Transportation
Major highways
*
Interstate 5
*
State Route 4
*
State Route 33
*
State Route 99
*
State Route 108
*
State Route 120
*
State Route 132
*
State Route 165
*
State Route 219
Public transportation
*
Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority (StanRTA) operates local bus service and paratransit in Modesto, regional service in Stanislaus County, and commuter service connecting to
Bay Area Rapid Transit and
Altamont Corridor Express
The Altamont Corridor Express (also known as ACE, formerly Altamont Commuter Express) is a commuter rail service in California, connecting Stockton and San Jose during peak hours only. ACE is named for the Altamont Pass, through which it ru ...
.
*The cities of Ceres, Oakdale, Riverbank, and Turlock run small local bus systems.
*Both
Greyhound and
Amtrak
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have stops in Modesto and Turlock. Amtrak for Turlock actually stops in
Denair.
Airports
Modesto City-County Airport
Modesto () is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,464 at the 2020 census, it is the 19th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Sacramento-Stockton ...
has previously had a number of scheduled passenger flights. Currently, its main air traffic is general aviation. Other (general aviation) airports around the county include
Oakdale Airport,
Patterson Airport, and
Turlock Airpark.
Demographics
2020 census
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
2011
Places by population, race, and income
2010 Census
The
2010 United States Census
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reported that Stanislaus County had a population of 514,453. The racial makeup of Stanislaus County was 337,342 (65.6%)
White
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, 14,721 (2.9%)
African American
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, 5,902 (1.1%)
Native American, 26,090 (5.1%)
Asian (1.5% Indian, 1.1% Filipino, 0.7% Cambodian, 0.5% Chinese, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.3% Laotian, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Cambodian), 3,401 (0.7%)
Pacific Islander
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, 99,210 (19.3%) from
other races, and 27,787 (5.4%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race were 215,658 persons (41.9%); 37.6% of Stanislaus County is Mexican, 0.6% Puerto Rican, 0.5% Salvadoran, 0.2% Nicaraguan, and 0.2% Guatemalan.
(Note - the US Census Bureau says "this system treats race and ethnicity as separate and independent categories. This means that within the federal system everyone is classified as both a member of one of the four race groups and also as either Hispanic or non-Hispanic." Consequently, there are a total of 8 race-ethnicity categories (e.g., White-Hispanic, White-non-Hispanic, Black-Hispanic, Black-non-Hispanic, etc.). That in turn means that the total Hispanic population is made up of each of the four groups, thus the separate distinction for Hispanic and non-Hispanic.)
2000
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 446,997 people, 145,146 households, and 109,585 families residing in the county. The
population density
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was 299 people per square mile (116/km
2). There were 150,807 housing units at an average density of 101 per square mile (39/km
2). The racial/ethnic makeup of the county was 69.3%
White
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, 2.6%
Black
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, 4.2%
Asian, 1.3%
Native American, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 16.8% from
other races, and 5.4% from two or more races. 31.7% of the population were
Hispanic or Latino of any race. 8.4% were of
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
, 6.3%
English
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* English language
* English people
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Peoples, culture, and language
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** English national ...
, 6.0%
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
, 5.5%
Irish, and 5.1%
Portuguese ancestry according to
Census 2000. 67.8% spoke
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ...
, 23.7%
Spanish, 1.5%
Syriac, and 1.3%
Portuguese as their first language.
There were 145,146 households, out of which 41.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were
married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.47.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 31.1% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $40,101, and the median income for a family was $44,703. Males had a median income of $36,969 versus $26,595 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the county was $16,913. About 12.3% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
Metropolitan Statistical Area
The
United States Office of Management and Budget has designated Stanislaus County as the Modesto, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The
United States Census Bureau
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ranked the Modesto, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as the
103rd most populous metropolitan statistical area
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of the United States as of July 1, 2012.
The Office of Management and Budget has further designated the Modesto, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as a component of the more extensive
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Combined Statistical Area, the
5th most populous combined statistical area
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in the United States.
Crime
The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.
Cities by population and crime rates
Government, politics, and policing
Government
The
Government of Stanislaus County is defined and authorized under the
California Constitution
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and
law as a
general law county. The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. In addition the County serves as the local government for all unincorporated areas.
The County government is composed of the elected five-member
Board of Supervisors, several other elected offices including the
Sheriff-Coroner,
District Attorney
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,
Assessor
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* ''Assessor'' (fish), a genus of fishes
* Assessor (law), the assistant to a judge or magistrate
* Assessor (Oxford), a senior officer of the University of Oxford
* Assessor (property)
Tax assessment, or assessment, is t ...
,
Auditor-Controller,
Treasurer-Tax Collector, and
Clerk-Recorder, and numerous county departments and entities under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer. As of January 2021 the members of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors were:
* Buck Condit, District 1
* Vito Chiesa, District 2, Chairman
* Terry Withrow, District 3 Vice Chairman
* Mani Grewal, District 4
* Channce Condit, District 5,
Policing
Sheriff
The Stanislaus County Sheriff provides court protection, jail administration, and coroner services for the entire county of 540,000 in population. It provides patrol and detective services for the unincorporated areas of the county. The Sheriff also provides law enforcement services by contract to the municipalities of Riverbank, Patterson, Waterford, Salida, and Hughson. These municipalities fund police coverage as specified in the respective sheriff's contract with each city.
Municipal police
Municipal police departments in the county are: Modesto, population 213,000; Turlock, 73,000; Ceres, 46,000; Oakdale, 23,000; Newman 11,000.
Politics
Voter registration statistics
= Cities by population and voter registration
=
Overview
Just like neighboring
Merced County, Stanislaus is considered a bellwether county in presidential elections. The last major-party nominee to gain over 60% of the vote was Lyndon Johnson in
1964. Furthermore, in
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
, Stanislaus County was one of the most bellwether counties in terms of the popular vote, voting 0.02% more Democratic than the national average. It has voted for the winning candidate for president in every election since 1972 except in 2016 when it voted for
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
instead of
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
. In 2020,
Joe Biden won the county in a slim victory returning the county to its status as bellwether county. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976, although
Barack Obama
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won a
plurality in 2008 and 2012, as did Bill Clinton in both 1992 and 1996, and as Joe Biden did in 2020.
In the
United States House of Representatives
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, Stanislaus County is in .
In the
California State Senate
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D ...
, Stanislaus is split between 3 legislative districts:
* ,
* , and
* .
In the
California State Assembly
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The ...
, Stanislaus is split between , and .
Economy
Agriculture
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is Stanislaus County's number one industry, with almonds being the primary agricultural product.
Education
Tertiary
The
California State University, Stanislaus is a campus of the
California State University located in
Turlock.
The
Yosemite Community College District covers a 4,500 square mile area and serves a population over 550,000 encompassing all of two counties (Stanislaus and
Tuolumne) and parts of 4 others (
Calaveras,
Merced
Merced (; Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 86,333, up from 78,958 in 2010. Incorporated on Apri ...
,
San Joaquin and
Santa Clara). It is composed of 2 colleges:
Modesto Junior College in Modesto and
Columbia College in
Sonora
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in Tuolumne County to the northeast.
There is also a
Kaplan College
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campus in Modesto, an
ITT Technical Institute campus in
Lathrop in
San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County (; Spanish: ''San Joaquín'', meaning " St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton.
San J ...
to the northeast, and a
San Joaquin Valley College campus in Modesto.
K-12 education
School districts include:
Unified:
*
Ceres Unified School District
*
Denair Unified School District
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Hughson Unified School District - Serves some areas for PK-12 and some only for 9-12
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Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District
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Oakdale Joint Unified School District - Serves some areas for PK-12 and some only for 9-12
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Patterson Joint Unified School District
Patterson Joint Unified is a K-12 school district located in Patterson, California on the west side of Stanislaus County
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Riverbank Unified School District
Riverbank Unified School District is a public school district in Stanislaus County, California
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Turlock Unified School District
Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Its estimated 2019 population of 73,631 made it the second-largest city in Stanislaus County after Modesto.
History
Founded on December 22, 1871, by prominent grain farmer J ...
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Waterford Unified School District
Secondary:
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Modesto City High School District
Elementary:
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Chatom Union Elementary School District
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Empire Union Elementary School District
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Gratton Elementary School District
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Hart-Ransom Union Elementary School District
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Hickman Community Charter School District
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Keyes Union Elementary School District
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Knights Ferry Elementary School District
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Modesto City Elementary School District
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Paradise Elementary School District
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Roberts Ferry Union Elementary School District
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Salida Union Elementary School District
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Shiloh Elementary School District
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Stanislaus Union Elementary School District Stanislav and variants may refer to:
People
*Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.)
Places
* Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine
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Sylvan Union Elementary School District
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Valley Home Joint Elementary School District
Media
Stanislaus County is in the Sacramento television market, and thus receives
Sacramento media.
The county also has media outlets that serve the local community:
''The Modesto Press''is the local online news site for Modesto and the surrounding areas of the Central Valley.
''The Modesto Bee''is a Modesto-based daily newspaper.
Communities
Incorporated cities
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Ceres
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Hughson
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Modesto
Modesto () is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,464 at the 2020 census, it is the 19th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Sacramento-Stockton ...
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Newman
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Oakdale
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Patterson
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Riverbank
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Turlock
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Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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Census-designated places
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Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
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Bret Harte
Bret Harte (; born Francis Brett Hart; August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush.
In a caree ...
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Bystrom
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Cowan
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Crows Landing
Crows Landing is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California. Crows Landing is about
southwest of Modesto. Crows Landing sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Crows Landing's population was 322.
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Del Rio
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Denair
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Diablo Grande
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East Oakdale
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Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
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Grayson
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Hickman
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Keyes
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Knights Ferry
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La Grange
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Monterey Park Tract
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Orange Blossom
Orange Blossom is a French band that plays a mix of electronic and world music.
The band was formed in Nantes in 1993 with Pierre-Jean Chabot (known as ''PJ Chabot'') on violin and Jean-Christophe Waechter (known as ''Jay C.'') on percussions ...
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Parklawn
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Riverdale Park
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Rouse
Rouse may refer to:
Places
* Rouse, California, United States, a census-designated place
* Rouse, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community
* Rouses Point, New York, United States, a village
* Rouse Islands, Antarctica
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Salida
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Shackelford (former)
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Tuolumne
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Valley Home
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West Modesto
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Westley
Other unincorporated communities
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Hills Ferry
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Langworth
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McHenry
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Montpelier
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Mountain View
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Oso
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Roberts Ferry
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Timba (or Orestimba)
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Wood Colony
*Eugene
Population ranking
The population ranking of the following table is based on the
2010 census of Stanislaus County.
† ''county seat''
See also
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List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton.
This is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizati ...
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List of school districts in Stanislaus County, California
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Notes
References
Further reading
* John T. Bramhall
''The Story of Stanislaus.''Modesto, CA: Modesto Herald, 1914.
* Sol P. Elias, ''Stories of Stanislaus: A Collection of Stories on the History and Achievement of Stanislaus County.'' Modesto, CA: Sol P. Elias, 1924.
*John Torrey, Paul Awosika et al., ''Expanded initial study, Boulder Creek subdivision, Stanislaus County'', Earth Metrics, Report 7999: California State Clearinghouse, Sacramento, November, 1989.
* ''A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California.'' Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1892.
External links
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Connecting StanislausVisit StanislausStanislaus County FairCalifornia State University StanislausModesto Junior CollegeStanislaus PRIDE CenterStanislaus County Farm BureauStanislaus County Free LibraryStanislaus County Law Library*
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