Fillmore, California
| City of Fillmore | |
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Central Avenue in downtown Fillmore
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| Motto: The Last, Best Small Town. | |
 Location in Ventura County and the state of California |
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 City of Fillmore
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| Coordinates: 34°24′5″N 118°55′4″W / 34.40139°N 118.91778°WCoordinates: 34°24′5″N 118°55′4″W / 34.40139°N 118.91778°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Ventura |
| Incorporated | July 10, 1914 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City council |
Mayor Diane McCall Doug Tucker Manuel Minjares Rick Neal Carrie Broggie |
| • City manager | David W. Rowlands |
| • State senator | Hannah-Beth Jackson (D) |
| • Assemblymember | Monique Limón (D) |
| • U. S. rep. | Julia Brownley (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.365 sq mi (8.715 km2) |
| • Land | 3.364 sq mi (8.712 km2) |
| • Water | 0.001 sq mi (0.003 km2) 0.03% |
| Elevation | 456 ft (139 m) |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |
| • Total | 15,002 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 15,255 |
| • Density | 4,500/sq mi (1,700/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 93015-93016 |
| Area code | 805 |
| FIPS code | 06-24092 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652710, 2410504 |
| Website | www |
Fillmore is a city in Ventura County, California, United States in the Santa Clara River Valley. In an agricultural area with rich, fertile soil, Fillmore has a historic downtown that was established when Southern Pacific built the railroad through the valley in 1887. They also provided a name for the town; J. A. Fillmore was a general superintendent for the company's Pacific system. The population was 15,002 at the 2010 census, up from 13,643 at the 2000 census.
In 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition, first Europeans to see inland areas of California, came down the valley from the previous night's encampment near today's Rancho Camulos and camped in the vicinity of Fillmore on August 11. Fray Juan Crespi, a Franciscan missionary travelling with the expedition, had previously named the valley Cañada de Santa Clara. He noted that the party travelled about 9–10 miles and camped near a large native village.
Founded in 1887 upon the arrival of the Southern Pacific Rail line, the city voted to incorporate in 1914.
Fillmore is a small town in the Santa Clara River Valley below the San Cayetano Mountain peak in the Los Padres National Forest. Fillmore is within a historic Ventura County agricultural and tree-farming belt. It is home to the Fillmore Unified School District. Educational facilities for this district include two high schools, one middle school, and four elementary schools. A fifth elementary school is located in the city of Piru, which is also a part of the school district. Another K-8 private school, the Fillmore Christian Academy, is also located in the city. Sespe Condor Sanctuary, where the critically endangered California condor is recovering, lies to the north. The nearby Sespe Creek is a tributary of the Santa Clara River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2), 99.97% of it land and 0.03% of it water.
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