San Joaquin County, California
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Images, from top down, left to right: Downtown Stockton waterfront, Lodi Arch, San Joaquin River Bridge at Mossdale Crossing, Lockeford, Stanislaus River at Caswell Memorial State Park
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.svg) Location of San Joaquin County in California |
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 United States
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 California
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| Region | San Joaquin Valley | ||||||
| Incorporated | February 18, 1850 | ||||||
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| Largest city | Stockton | ||||||
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| • County Administrator | Monica Nino | ||||||
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| • Total | 1,426 sq mi (3,690 km2) | ||||||
| • Land | 1,391 sq mi (3,600 km2) | ||||||
| • Water | 35 sq mi (90 km2) | ||||||
| Highest elevation | 3,629 ft (1,106 m) | ||||||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||||||
| • Total | 704,379 | ||||||
| • Estimate (2015) | 726,106 | ||||||
| • Density | 490/sq mi (190/km2) | ||||||
| Time zone | Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8) | ||||||
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) | ||||||
| FIPS code | 06-077 | ||||||
| GNIS feature ID | 277303 | ||||||
| Website | www |
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San Joaquin County /ˈsæn wɑːˈkiːn/ is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 685,306. The county seat is .
San Joaquin County comprises the Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the more inclusive San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. The county is located in Northern California's Central Valley, just east of the less extensive nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region.
The City of San Joaquin, despite sharing its name with the county, is located in Fresno County.
San Joaquin County was one of the original United States counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.
The county was named for the San Joaquin River which runs through it. In the early 19th century Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga, commanding an expedition in the lower great California Central Valley, gave the name of San Joaquin (meaning Joachim) to the San Joaquin River, which springs from the southern Sierra Nevada. San Joaquin County is the site of the San Joaquin Valley's first permanent residence.
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