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Stanislaus County

Stanislaus County, California
County
County of Stanislaus
Modesto Arch.JPG
KnightsFerryGS.jpg TuolomneRiverWaterfordCA.jpg
Images, from top down, left to right: Modesto Arch, Knights Ferry's General Store, a view of the Tuolumne River from Waterford
Official seal of Stanislaus County, California
Seal
Motto: "Striving to be the best!"
Location in the state of California
Location in the state of California
California's location in the United States
California's location in the United States
Country  United States
State  California
Region San Joaquin Valley
Incorporated April 1, 1854
Named for Estanislao
County seat Modesto
Largest city Modesto (population and area)
Area
 • Total 1,515 sq mi (3,920 km2)
 • Land 1,495 sq mi (3,870 km2)
 • Water 20 sq mi (50 km2)
Highest elevation 3,807 ft (1,160 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 514,453
 • Estimate (2015) 538,388
 • Density 340/sq mi (130/km2)
Time zone Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Area code 209
FIPS code 06-099
GNIS feature ID 277314
Website www.stancounty.com

Stanislaus County (/ˈstænslɔːs/ or /ˈstænslɔː/) is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 514,453. The county seat is Modesto.

Stanislaus County comprises the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The first European to see it was Gabriel Moraga in 1806. It was later named Rio Estanislao in honor of Estanislao, a mission-educated renegade Native American chief who led a band of Native Americans in a series of battles against Mexican troops until finally being defeated by General Mariano Vallejo in 1826. Estanislao was his baptismal name, the Spanish version of Stanislaus (Polish: Stanisław), itself the Latin version of the name of an 11th-century Polish Catholic Saint Stanislaus the Martyr.


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