Morgan Hill, California
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Clockwise: El Toro Mountain, Historic Morgan Hill Stratford School, Vowtaw Building, Anderson Lake, view of downtown.
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 Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California |
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| Coordinates: 37°07′50″N 121°39′16″W / 37.13056°N 121.65444°WCoordinates: 37°07′50″N 121°39′16″W / 37.13056°N 121.65444°W | ||
| Country |  United States |
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 California
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 Santa Clara
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| Incorporated | November 10, 1906 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Steve Tate | |
| • City manager | Steve Rymer | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 12.882 sq mi (33.363 km2) | |
| • Land | 12.882 sq mi (33.363 km2) | |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) | |
| Elevation | 350 ft (107 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 37,882 | |
| • Estimate (2015) | 42,948 | |
| • Density | 2,900/sq mi (1,100/km2) | |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP codes | 95037-95038 | |
| Area code(s) | 408/669 | |
| FIPS code | 06-49278 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1659174 | |
| Website | morgan-hill |
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Morgan Hill is a city in Santa Clara County, California, at the southern tip of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Morgan Hill is primarily a residential community for Silicon Valley, as well as the seat for several high tech companies, including Anritsu, Flextronics, and Velodyne LiDAR. Morgan Hill is a prominent dining and entertainment destination in Silicon Valley, owing to its highly-reviewed restaurants, Michelin-ranked chefs, and luxury venues.
Morgan Hill is among the most expensive places to live in within the United States, owing to its concentration of wealth and its role as a prominent residential region for Silicon Valley.
Prior to the arrival of Spanish colonists, the area of the Santa Clara Valley was inhabited by the Ohlone people for more than 6,000 years. In the area of what is now Morgan Hill, the Matalan tribe lived in a hunter-gatherer society.
Before the area was colonized as part of the Alta California province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the 1772 Spanish expedition, led by Pedro Fages and Father Juan Crespí, camped in what is now Morgan Hill, alongside Llagas Creek. The location of their camp subsequently became a popular campsite for Spanish soldiers on their way from New Spain to Alta California. With the founding of Mission Santa Clara de Asís, in 1777, the lands of present-day Morgan Hill were granted to the Roman Catholic Church.
Following Mexico's independence from Spain, land was redistributed to Mexican citizens across California and the land encompassing modern-day Morgan Hill was granted to Juan Maria Hernandez, in 1835. In 1845, Martin Murphy, Sr., an Irish-born American pioneer, acquired the area and named it Rancho Ojo del Agua de la Coche.
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