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Camarillo

Camarillo, California
City
Looking southeast across Camarillo from the northwestern hills on a warm sunny day in late October
Looking southeast across Camarillo from the northwestern hills on a warm sunny day in late October
Official logo of Camarillo, California
Logo
Motto: "Las Personas Son la Ciudad"
("The People Are the City")
Location in Ventura County and the state of California
Location in Ventura County and the state of California
Camarillo, California is located in the US
Camarillo, California
Camarillo, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 34°14′N 119°2′W / 34.233°N 119.033°W / 34.233; -119.033Coordinates: 34°14′N 119°2′W / 34.233°N 119.033°W / 34.233; -119.033
Country  United States
State  California
County Ventura
Rail station 1898
Incorporated October 22, 1964
Named for Adolfo and Juan Camarillo
Government
 • Mayor Bill Little
 • State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D)
 • CA Assembly Jacqui Irwin (D)
 • U. S. Rep. Julia Brownley (D)
 • County supervisor Kathy Long
Area
 • Total 19.543 sq mi (50.617 km2)
 • Land 19.528 sq mi (50.577 km2)
 • Water 0.015 sq mi (0.040 km2)  0.08%
Elevation 177 ft (54 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 65,201
 • Estimate (2013) 66,086
 • Density 3,300/sq mi (1,300/km2)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 93010–93012
Area code 805
FIPS code 06-10046
GNIS feature IDs 1652682, 2409966
Website www.cityofcamarillo.org

Camarillo (/ˌkæməˈr/ KAM-ə-REE-oh) is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at the 2000 census. The Ventura Freeway (U.S. Route 101) is the city's primary thoroughfare. Camarillo is named for Adolfo and Juan Camarillo, two of the few Californios (pre-1848 California natives of Hispanic ancestry) to preserve the city's heritage after the arrival of Anglo settlers. The railroad coast route came through in 1898 and built a station here. Adolfo Camarillo eventually employed 700 workers growing mainly lima beans. Walnuts and citrus were also grown on the ranch. Adolfo bred Camarillo White Horses in the 1920s through the 1960s and was well known for riding them, dressed in colorful Spanish attire, in parades such as the Fiesta of Santa Barbara.

The city grew slowly prior to World War II but the war effort saw the construction of the Oxnard Army Air Field (later Oxnard Air Force Base in 1951, now Camarillo Airport) to the west of town. The community also grew as the new base along with nearby Naval Air Station Point Mugu and a Seabee base at Port Hueneme brought many workers and their families to the area. The grounds of Camarillo State Hospital, which opened in 1936 south of town, are now the campus of California State University, Channel Islands.


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