Stanton, California
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 Location of Stanton within Orange County, California. |
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 Stanton, California
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| Coordinates: 33°48′9″N 117°59′40″W / 33.80250°N 117.99444°WCoordinates: 33°48′9″N 117°59′40″W / 33.80250°N 117.99444°W | |||
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 United States
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 California
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| County | Orange | ||
| Incorporated | June 4, 1956 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Carol Warren | ||
| • City manager | James A. Box | ||
| • City Clerk | Patricia Vazquez | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3.150 sq mi (8.158 km2) | ||
| • Land | 3.150 sq mi (8.158 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% | ||
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 38,186 | ||
| • Estimate (2013) | 38,623 | ||
| • Density | 12,000/sq mi (4,700/km2) | ||
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | ||
| ZIP code | 90680 | ||
| Area code | 714 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-73962 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1661501 | ||
| Website | www |
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Stanton is a city located in western Orange County, California. The population was 38,186 at the 2010 census, up from 37,403 at the 2000 census. The city was incorporated in 1956 and operates under the Council-Manager form of government, providing a full range of municipal services. Stanton is bounded by Cypress on the west, Anaheim on the north, and east, and Garden Grove on the east and south.
On November 6, 1905, the Los Angeles Interurban Railway started service on the Santa Ana Line. It ran along an almost perfectly straight line between Watts and Santa Ana. Access to transportation allowed the population of the rural area which is now Stanton and West Anaheim to grow. In 1908, the privately owned Pacific Electric Railway leased the Santa Ana Line and took over the service which extended its regional light-rail system. By 1928, the impressive thousand-mile system allowed residents convenient travel throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties. See 1928 Map. The passenger service to Santa Ana was discontinued in 1950, shortly after the railway was taken over by the Metropolitan Transportation Agency. The easement still runs through town and is empty or used for parking. It intersects Beach/Pacific and Cerritos/Western.
The area was incorporated into the first City of Stanton in 1911. It was decided to dis-incorporate in 1924. The motivation for giving up cityhood seems to be that it would relieve city taxpayers from the financial burden of building roads. As an unincorporated area, roads were paid for by the state. Also the main motivation for the 1911 incorporation — the city of Anaheim's 1911 plan to build a "sewage farm" west of their city — was no longer relevant. The costs of cityhood were greater than the benefit.
In the early 1950s, the area had experienced a post-war population boom, and in May 1956 the citizens decided to incorporate into today's City of Stanton. The first city was around 16 square miles (41 km2), and today's Stanton is a bit over three square miles. The cost of being incorporated into a city is still a salient issue in this part of the county. There are many small areas around Stanton which are unincorporated and receive their services from the County of Orange.
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