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Port Hueneme

City of Port Hueneme
Hueneme (original settlement)
Charter city
Point Hueneme Light
Location in Ventura county
Location in Ventura county
City of Port Hueneme is located in the US
City of Port Hueneme
City of Port Hueneme
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 34°9′37″N 119°11′40″W / 34.16028°N 119.19444°W / 34.16028; -119.19444Coordinates: 34°9′37″N 119°11′40″W / 34.16028°N 119.19444°W / 34.16028; -119.19444
Country  United States
State  California
County Ventura
Wharf constructed 1871
Street grid established October 1, 1888
Incorporated March 24, 1948
Government
 • Type Council-mayor
 • Mayor Sylvia Muñoz Schnopp
 • State senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D)
 • Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D)
 • U. S. rep. Julia Brownley (D)
Area
 • Total 4.671 sq mi (12.096 km2)
 • Land 4.451 sq mi (11.528 km2)
 • Water 0.220 sq mi (0.569 km2)  4.70%
Elevation 13 ft (4 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 21,723
 • Density 4,700/sq mi (1,800/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 93041–93044
Area code 805
FIPS code 06-58296
GNIS feature ID 1652778
Website www.cityofporthueneme.org

Port Hueneme (/wˈnmi/ wy-NEEM-ee) is a small beach city in Ventura County, California surrounded by the city of Oxnard and the Santa Barbara Channel. The name derives from the Chumash Native language spelling of the Chumash wene me, meaning "Resting Place". Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo explored this area and the adjacent Channel Islands in October 1542. The town's name was officially changed to Port Hueneme in 1939 and was incorporated March 24, 1948.

Thomas Bard learned of the submarine canyon at Point Hueneme and took advantage of the canyon depth to construct the Hueneme Wharf in 1871 here. The existing street grid of the town was formally laid out in 1888. Until the construction of the Montalvo Cutoff that brought the railroad to nearby Oxnard, the wharf was the principal means of transportation for that portion of Ventura County lying south of the Santa Clara River. Hueneme was the second largest grain shipping port on the Pacific coast between 1871 and 1895. Both the Port of Hueneme and Naval Base Ventura County lie within city limits.


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