Coronado, California
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| City of Coronado | |||
The Hotel del Coronado in December 2008
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| Nickname(s): "The Crown City" | |||
 Location in San Diego County and the U.S. state of California |
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 Coronado, California
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| Coordinates: 32°40′41″N 117°10′21″W / 32.67806°N 117.17250°WCoordinates: 32°40′41″N 117°10′21″W / 32.67806°N 117.17250°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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 San Diego
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| Incorporated | December 11, 1890 | ||
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| • Type | Mayor-council | ||
| • Mayor | Richard Bailey(R) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 32.666 sq mi (84.603 km2) | ||
| • Land | 7.931 sq mi (20.541 km2) | ||
| • Water | 24.735 sq mi (64.062 km2) 75.72% | ||
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 24,697 | ||
| • Estimate (2013) | 23,511 | ||
| • Density | 760/sq mi (290/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 92118, 92178 | ||
| Area code | 619 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-16378 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660513, 2410233 | ||
| Website | www |
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Coronado, since the 1980s also mistakenly known as Coronado Island, is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, across and around San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. Its population was 24,697 at the 2010 census, up from 24,100 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Diego County, California.
Coronado lies on the geographic combination of an island and a tombolo connected to the mainland called the Silver Strand. Coronado is a tied island, connected by a tombolo. In 2012, Dr. Stephen Leatherman, Director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research, ranked Coronado Beach as the best beach in the United States.
Coronado is Spanish for "crowned one", and thus it is nicknamed The Crown City. Three ships of the United States Navy have been named after the city, including the USS Coronado (LCS-4).
Coronado was incorporated as a town on December 11, 1890. The land was purchased by Elisha Spurr Babcock, along with Hampton L. Story, and Jacob Gruendike. Their intention was to create a resort community, and in 1886, the Coronado Beach Company was organized. By 1888, they had built the Hotel del Coronado, and the city became a major resort destination. They also built a schoolhouse, and formed athletic, boating, and baseball clubs.
In 1900, a tourist/vacation area just south of the Hotel del Coronado was established by John D. Spreckels and named Tent City. Over the years the tents gave way to cottages, the last of which was torn down in late 1940 or early 1941.
In the 1910s, Coronado was connected to San Diego by the Class 1 streetcars and an extensive, accompanying San Diego public transit system that was spurred by the Panama–California Exposition of 1915 and built by John D. Spreckels. These streetcars became a fixture of the city until their retirement in 1939.
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