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Fullerton, California

Fullerton, California
City
City of Fullerton
Fullerton City Hall in Downtown Fullerton
Fullerton City Hall in Downtown Fullerton
Official seal of Fullerton, California
Seal
Motto: "The Education Community"
Location of Fullerton within Orange County, California, United States
Location of Fullerton within Orange County, California, United States
Fullerton, California is located in the US
Fullerton, California
Fullerton, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°52′48″N 117°55′43″W / 33.88000°N 117.92861°W / 33.88000; -117.92861Coordinates: 33°52′48″N 117°55′43″W / 33.88000°N 117.92861°W / 33.88000; -117.92861
Country United States United States
State California California
County Orange
Incorporated February 15, 1904
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • City Council Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald
Mayor Pro Tem Jan Flory
Doug Chaffee
Greg Sebourn
Bruce Whitaker
Area
 • Total 22.36 sq mi (57.921 km2)
 • Land 22.353 sq mi (57.893 km2)
 • Water 0.011 sq mi (0.027 km2)  0.05%
Elevation 164 ft (50 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 135,161
 • Estimate (2013) 138,981
 • Rank 7th in Orange County
42nd in California
184th in the United States
 • Density 6,000/sq mi (2,300/km2)
Demonym(s) Fullertonian
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 92831-92838
Area codes 562, 657/714
FIPS code 06-28000
GNIS feature IDs 1660658, 2410556
Website www.ci.fullerton.ca.us

Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.

Fullerton was founded in 1887. It secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Historically it was a center of agriculture, notably groves of Valencia oranges and other citrus crops; petroleum extraction; transportation; and manufacturing. It is home to numerous higher educational institutions, particularly California State University, Fullerton and Fullerton College. From the mid-1940s through the late 1990s, Fullerton was home to a large industrial base made up of aerospace contractors, canneries, paper products manufacturers, and is considered to be the birthplace of the electric guitar, due in a large part to Leo Fender.

Evidence of prehistoric animal habitation, such as saber-toothed cats and mammoths, is present in Ralph B. Clark Regional Park in the northwest of the city.Europeans first passed through the area in 1769 when Gaspar de Portolà led a Spanish expedition north to Monterey. From the description recorded in the diary of Father Juan Crespi, it seems likely that the party camped on July 29 near present-day Laguna Lake, in the Sunny Hills area.


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