Fullerton, California
| Fullerton, California | ||
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| City of Fullerton | ||
Fullerton City Hall in Downtown Fullerton
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| Motto: "The Education Community" | ||
 Location of Fullerton within Orange County, California, United States |
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 Fullerton, California
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| Coordinates: 33°52′48″N 117°55′43″W / 33.88000°N 117.92861°WCoordinates: 33°52′48″N 117°55′43″W / 33.88000°N 117.92861°W | ||
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 United States
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 California
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| County | Orange | |
| Incorporated | February 15, 1904 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council-Manager | |
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Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald Mayor Pro Tem Jan Flory Doug Chaffee Greg Sebourn Bruce Whitaker |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 22.36 sq mi (57.921 km2) | |
| • Land | 22.353 sq mi (57.893 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.011 sq mi (0.027 km2) 0.05% | |
| Elevation | 164 ft (50 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 135,161 | |
| • Estimate (2013) | 138,981 | |
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7th in Orange County 42nd in California 184th in the United States |
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| • Density | 6,000/sq mi (2,300/km2) | |
| Demonym(s) | Fullertonian | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP codes | 92831-92838 | |
| Area codes | 562, 657/714 | |
| FIPS code | 06-28000 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660658, 2410556 | |
| Website | www |
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Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.
Fullerton was founded in 1887. It secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Historically it was a center of agriculture, notably groves of Valencia oranges and other citrus crops; petroleum extraction; transportation; and manufacturing. It is home to numerous higher educational institutions, particularly California State University, Fullerton and Fullerton College. From the mid-1940s through the late 1990s, Fullerton was home to a large industrial base made up of aerospace contractors, canneries, paper products manufacturers, and is considered to be the birthplace of the electric guitar, due in a large part to Leo Fender.
Evidence of prehistoric animal habitation, such as saber-toothed cats and mammoths, is present in Ralph B. Clark Regional Park in the northwest of the city.Europeans first passed through the area in 1769 when Gaspar de Portolà led a Spanish expedition north to Monterey. From the description recorded in the diary of Father Juan Crespi, it seems likely that the party camped on July 29 near present-day Laguna Lake, in the Sunny Hills area.
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