Port Hueneme
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City of Port Hueneme Hueneme (original settlement) |
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 Location in Ventura county |
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 City of Port Hueneme
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| Coordinates: 34°9′37″N 119°11′40″W / 34.16028°N 119.19444°WCoordinates: 34°9′37″N 119°11′40″W / 34.16028°N 119.19444°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| 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 |
Port Hueneme (/waɪˈniːmi/ 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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