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Westminster, CA

Westminster, California
City
Asian Garden Mall  (Phuoc Loc Tho Tet), 2008
Asian Garden Mall (Phuoc Loc Tho Tet), 2008
Official seal of Westminster, California
Seal
Motto: "The City of Progress Built on Pride."
Location of Westminster within Orange County, California.
Location of Westminster within Orange County, California.
Westminster, California is located in the US
Westminster, California
Westminster, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°45′5″N 117°59′38″W / 33.75139°N 117.99389°W / 33.75139; -117.99389Coordinates: 33°45′5″N 117°59′38″W / 33.75139°N 117.99389°W / 33.75139; -117.99389
Country  United States
State  California
County Orange
Incorporated (city) March 27, 1957
Government
 • City council Mayor Tri Ta
Margie L. Rice
Sergio Contreras
Diana Carey
Tyler Diep
 • City manager Eddie Manfro
Area
 • Total 10.049 sq mi (26.027 km2)
 • Land 10.049 sq mi (26.027 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation 39 ft (12 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 89,701
 • Estimate (2013) 91,739
 • Density 8,900/sq mi (3,400/km2)
Time zone PST (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes 92683–92685
Area codes 657/714
FIPS code 06-84550
GNIS feature IDs 1652811, 2412236
Website www.westminster-ca.gov

Westminster is a city in Orange County, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Westminster was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian temperance colony. The name is derived from the Westminster Assembly of 1643, which established the basic tenets of the Presbyterian faith. During the early years of its history, farmers refused to harvest grapes since they associated grapes with alcohol.

Westminster was incorporated in 1957, at which time it had 10,755 residents. Originally, the city was named Tri-City because it was the amalgamation of three cities: Westminster, Barber City, and Midway City. Midway City ultimately refused incorporation, leaving only Barber City to be absorbed into the newly incorporated Westminster. The former Barber City was located in the western portion of the current city of Westminster.

Westminster is landlocked and bordered by Seal Beach on the west, by Garden Grove on the north and east, and by Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley on the south.

Westminster surrounds the unincorporated area of Midway City, except for a small portion where Midway City meets Huntington Beach to the south.

A large number of Vietnamese refugees immigrated to the city during the 1980s, settling largely in an area now officially named Little Saigon, and the city is unofficially known as the "capital" of overseas Vietnamese with 36,058 Vietnamese Americans and at 40.2% (2010), the highest municipal prevalence of Vietnamese Americans.


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