Newbury Park, California
| Newbury Park | |
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 Newbury Park
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| Coordinates: 34°11′03″N 118°54′35″W / 34.18417°N 118.90972°WCoordinates: 34°11′03″N 118°54′35″W / 34.18417°N 118.90972°W | |
| Country |
 United States of America |
| State |
 California
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| County | Ventura |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.0 sq mi (54 km2) |
| • Land | 20.5 sq mi (53 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1 km2) |
| Highest elevation | 2,828 ft (862 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 500 ft (200 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 37,775 |
| • Density | 1,772/sq mi (684/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 91320 |
| Area code(s) | 805 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 2585446 |
Newbury Park is a town located mostly within the western Thousand Oaks city limits in Ventura County, California, United States. The unincorporated county island of Casa Conejo is part of Newbury Park and bounded on all sides by the city of Thousand Oaks. Lying within the Conejo Valley in the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, Newbury Park abuts the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The community is located approximately 35 miles (56 km) from Downtown Los Angeles and is less than 7 mi (11 km) from the Los Angeles County border in Westlake Village. The closest coastal city is Malibu, 22 mi (35 km) from Newbury Park, which may be reached through winding roads or hiking trails crossing the Santa Monica Mountains. The ZIP code is 91320, and the community is inside area code 805. About 28,000 of Thousand Oaks' 110,000 residents reside in Newbury Park.
Newbury Park, along with Thousand Oaks proper, have numerous times ranked among the safest and also wealthiest communities in the United States.Money Magazine has ranked Newbury Park as one of the most affluent cities in the United States. It has the 11th highest per-capita income and the fourth-highest median household income in the country. As of 2013, the median household income in Newbury Park is $107,302, compared to $60,190 for California as a whole and $53,046 nationwide.
Newbury Park is named after Egbert Starr Newbury, who was the founder of Newbury Park, as well as the first postmaster in the Conejo Valley in 1875. Egbert Starr Newbury called his ranch here for “Newbury Park”, which ultimately became the name for the entire town. Egbert Starr Newbury and his family owned thousands of acres in the Conejo Valley, but only lived in Newbury Park for a total of six years. He moved from Michigan to Southern California of health reasons in 1871, opened Conejo Valley’s first post office in 1875, but left California only two years later. The Newbury Park Post Office has changed locations numerous times but the Newbury Park address has survived and is still used even though much of the area was incorporated into the city of Thousand Oaks.
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