Lompoc
| City of Lompoc | ||
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Historic downtown Lompoc at East Ocean Avenue and North H Street
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| Nickname(s): Flower Seed Capital of the World, The City of Arts and Flowers | ||
 Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California |
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 City of Lompoc
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| Coordinates: 34°38′46″N 120°27′37″W / 34.64611°N 120.46028°WCoordinates: 34°38′46″N 120°27′37″W / 34.64611°N 120.46028°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | California | |
| County | Santa Barbara | |
| Incorporated | August 13, 1888 | |
| Named for | Chumash: Lompo': "Stagnant Water" | |
| Government | ||
| • City council |
Mayor Bob Lingl, DeWayne Holmdahl, Dirk Starbuck, Victor Vega, and James Mosby |
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| • State senator | Hannah-Beth Jackson (D) | |
| • Assemblymember | Jordan Cunningham (R) | |
| • U. S. rep. | Salud Carbajal (D) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 11.675 sq mi (30.237 km2) | |
| • Land | 11.597 sq mi (30.037 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.078 sq mi (0.201 km2) 0.66% | |
| Elevation | 105 ft (32 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 42,434 | |
| • Estimate (2013) | 43,509 | |
| • Density | 3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2) | |
| Demonym(s) | Lompocan | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP codes | 93436–93438 | |
| Area code | 805 | |
| FIPS code | 06-42524 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1652745 | |
| Website | www |
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Lompoc (/ˈlɒmpoʊk/, LOM-poke) is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, on the west coast of the United States. The city was incorporated on August 13, 1888. The population was 42,434 at the 2010 census, up from 41,103 at the 2000 census.
Before European settlers arrived, the area around Lompoc was inhabited by the Chumash people. The name of the city is derived from a Chumashan term, "Lum Poc", which means "stagnant waters" or "lagoon". The Spanish called it "Lumpoco". In 1837, the Mexican government sold the area as the Rancho Lompoc land grant. After the United States gained control of California in the Mexican–American War (1846–48), the valley was acquired by Thomas Dibblee, Albert Dibblee and William Welles Hollister. Hollister sold his share to the Lompoc Valley Land Company, and it was on that portion of the land that the present-day Lompoc was established as a temperance colony.
Lompoc was originally intended to be named New Vineland, after the temperance colony in New Jersey. It then became a military town with the completion of nearby Camp Cooke (now Vandenberg Air Force Base). The city is known as the flower seed capital of the world.
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