Gilroy, California
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| City of Gilroy | |||
Old City Hall in April 2014
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| Nickname(s): "Garlic Capital of the Nation and World" | |||
 Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California |
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 Gilroy, California
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| Coordinates: 37°0′43″N 121°34′48″W / 37.01194°N 121.58000°WCoordinates: 37°0′43″N 121°34′48″W / 37.01194°N 121.58000°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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| CSA | San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland | ||
| Metro | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | ||
| Incorporated | March 12, 1870 | ||
| Named for | John Gilroy | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Roland Velasco | ||
| • City administrator | Gabriel Gonzalez | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 16.156 sq mi (41.845 km2) | ||
| • Land | 16.146 sq mi (41.819 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.010 sq mi (0.027 km2) 0.06% | ||
| • Metro | 2,695 sq mi (6,979 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 200 ft (61 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • City | 48,821 | ||
| • Estimate (July 1, 2015) | 53,231 | ||
| • Density | 3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2) | ||
| • Metro | 1,836,911 | ||
| • Metro density | 680/sq mi (260/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 95020, 95021 | ||
| Area code | 408/669 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-29504 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 277523, 2410591 | ||
| Website | www |
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Gilroy /ˈɡɪl.rɔɪ/ is a city located in Northern California's Santa Clara County. The city's population was 48,821 at the 2010 United States Census.
Gilroy is well known for its garlic crop and for the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, featuring various garlicky foods, including garlic ice cream. Gilroy also produces mushrooms in considerable quantity. Gilroy's nickname is "Garlic Capital of the World". Boutique wine production is a large part of Gilroy's western portion, mostly consisting of family estates around the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west.
Spanish explorers led by Juan Bautista de Anza first passed through the Santa Clara Valley area in 1776, and in 1797 Mission San Juan Bautista was established near the Pajaro River. In 1809, Ygnacio Ortega was granted the 13,066-acre (5,288 ha) Spanish land concession Rancho San Ysidro. The village of San Ysidro (not to be confused with the present-day San Diego community) grew nearby, at the foot of Pacheco Pass which linked the El Camino Real and the Santa Clara Valley with the San Joaquin Valley. California's main exports at this time were hides and tallow, of which thousands of barrels were produced and shipped to the rest of New Spain. Trade and diplomatic intercourse with foreigners was strictly forbidden by the royal government but was quietly carried on by Californians desperate for luxury goods.
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