Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
| Ventura County, California | ||
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| County of Ventura | ||
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| Country | United States of America | |
| State | California | |
| Region | California Central Coast | |
| Established | March 22, 1872 | |
| Named for | Mission San Buenaventura, which was named after Saint Bonaventura | |
| County seat | Ventura | |
| Largest city |
Oxnard (population) Thousand Oaks (area) |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,208 sq mi (5,720 km2) | |
| • Land | 1,843 sq mi (4,770 km2) | |
| • Water | 365 sq mi (950 km2) | |
| Highest elevation | 8,835 ft (2,693 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 823,318 | |
| • Estimate (2016) | 849,738 | |
| • Density | 370/sq mi (140/km2) | |
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) | |
| Area codes | 805, 747/818 | |
| FIPS code | 06-111 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 277320 | |
| Website | www |
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Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 823,318. The county seat is Ventura.
Ventura County comprises the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is also considered the southernmost county along the California Central Coast.
Ventura County was historically inhabited by the Chumash people, who also settled much of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, with their presence dating back 10,000-12,000 years. The Chumash were hunter-gatherers, fishermen, and also traders with the Mojave, Yokuts, and Tongva Indians. The Chumash are also known for their rock paintings and for their great basketry. Chumash Indian Museum in Thousand Oaks has several reconstructed Chumash houses (‘apa) and there are several Chumash pictographs in the county, including the Burro Flats Painted Cave in Simi Valley. The plank canoe, called a tomol in Chumash, was important to their way of life. Canoe launching points on the mainland for trade with the Chumash of the Channel Islands were located at the mouth of the Ventura River, Mugu Lagoon and Point Hueneme. This has led to speculations among archeologists of whether the Chumash could have had a pre-historic contact with Polynesians. According to diachronic linguistics, certain words such as tomolo’o (canoe) could be related to Polynesian languages. The dialect of the Chumash language that was spoken in Ventura County was Ventureño.
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