French Camp, California
| French Camp | |
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| census-designated place | |
 Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California |
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 French Camp
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| Coordinates: 37°52′58″N 121°16′47″W / 37.88278°N 121.27972°WCoordinates: 37°52′58″N 121°16′47″W / 37.88278°N 121.27972°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | San Joaquin |
| Government | |
| • Senate | Lois Wolk (D) |
| • Assembly | Cathleen Galgiani (D) |
| • U. S. Congress | Jerry McNerney (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.143 sq mi (8.140 km2) |
| • Land | 3.142 sq mi (8.138 km2) |
| • Water | 0.001 sq mi (0.002 km2) 0.03% |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,376 |
| • Density | 1,100/sq mi (410/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC−8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) |
| ZIP code | 95231 |
| Area code(s) | 209 |
| FIPS code | 06-26028 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1658581 |
| Reference no. | 668 |
French Camp is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 3,376 at the 2010 census, down from 4,109 at the 2000 census. San Joaquin General Hospital is located in French Camp.
In recent years, has attempted to incorporate French Camp, allegedly in order to tax the current residents of the town.
French Camp is the location of the U.S. Army Sharpe Depot and the GSA Western Distribution Center, and is the oldest settlement in San Joaquin County.
French Camp is located at 37°52′58″N 121°16′47″W / 37.88278°N 121.27972°W (37.882742, -121.279788).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), 99.97% of it land and 0.03% of it water.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, French Camp has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.
French Camp was the southernmost regular camp site of the Hudson's Bay Company southern fur brigades sent from Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington), established by Michel Laframboise in 1832. Its Spanish name was preserved in a land grant dated January 13, 1844 as Camp de Los Franceses. It is commemorated as California State Historic Landmark 668:
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