Coronado Island
| 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 of Coronado in San Diego County, 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 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor-council | ||
| • Mayor | Richard Bailey(R) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 32.67 sq mi (84.60 km2) | ||
| • Land | 7.93 sq mi (20.54 km2) | ||
| • Water | 24.73 sq mi (64.06 km2) 75.72% | ||
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 24,697 | ||
| • Estimate (2016) | 25,952 | ||
| • Density | 3,272.22/sq mi (1,263.41/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 is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, across the San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. It was founded in the 1880s. Its population was 24,697 at the 2010 census, up from 24,100 at the 2000 census.
Coronado lies on the geographic combination of an island connected to the mainland by a tombolo called the Silver Strand. The first explorer to map and name Coronado (Sebastian Vizcaino) drew a map of the island in 1602. He named the land mass Coronado. 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 had streetcars running on Orange Avenue. These streetcars became a fixture of the city until their retirement in 1939.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 32.7 square miles (85 km2); 20.5 km² (7.9 mi²) of the city is land and 24.7 square miles (64 km2) of it (75.72%) is water.
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