Pacific Grove, California
Pacific Grove is a coastal town in Monterey County, California, US. The total population was 15,090 in the 2020 census.[7] Pacific Grove is located between Point Pinos and Monterey.[1] Its elevation is 151 feet (46 m).[6]
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| Location in Monterey County and the state of California Location in Monterey County and the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 36°37′04″N 121°55′00″W / 36.61778°N 121.91667°WCoordinates: 36°37′04″N 121°55′00″W / 36.61778°N 121.91667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Monterey |
| Founded | 1875[1] |
| Incorporated | July 5, 1889[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • State Senator | Bill Monning (D)[3] |
| • Assemblymember | Anna Caballero (D)[3] |
| • U. S. Rep. | Zoe Lofgren (D)[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.00 sq mi (10.4 km2) |
| • Land | 2.87 sq mi (7.4 km2) |
| • Water | 1.13 sq mi (2.9 km2) 28.28% |
| Elevation | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 15,090 |
| • Density | 5,257.8/sq mi (2,030.0/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 93950 |
| FIPS code | 06-54848 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652821, 2411350 |
| Website | www |
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Pacific Grove is known for its Victorian homes, Asilomar State Beach, its artistic legacy and the annual migration of the Monarch butterflies. The city has more Victorian houses per person than anywhere else in United States. Some of them have been turned into bed and breakfast inns.
Point Pinos Lighthouse, the oldest continuously working lighthouse on the West Coast, is in Pacific Grove.
John Denver died near Pacific Grove.[8]
Pacific Grove, California Media
- San Francisco blue book and Pacific Coast elite directory (1890) (14759261276).jpg
Depiction of Pacific Grove in 1890.
- Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, January 2016.jpg
The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History was founded in 1883.
- Pacific Grove Hotel.jpg
El Carmelo Hotel, built in 1887, was Pacific Grove's first hotel.
- Monterey pacific grove ca 1917.jpg
Map of Pacific Grove and the southern Monterey Bay, 1917.
- Forest Hill Hotel, Pacific Grove.jpg
The Mission Revival style Forest Hill Hotel in 1923.
- Drosanthemum outbreak - 'Magic Purple Carpet' - Monterey, California10.jpg
Drosanthemum floribundum growing by the coast at Perkins Park.
- Berwick Park, Pacific Grove, California.jpg
Cypress trees tower over Berwick Park in the city of Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California's Central Coast.
- Pacific Grove, California - 2022 19.jpg
Lovers Point Park
- Pacific Grove, California city hall.jpg
Pacific Grove City Hall, built in 1912 and designed by W. H. Weeks.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 932. ISBN 9781884995149.
- ↑ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Final Maps | California Citizens Redistricting Commission". Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ↑ "California's 19th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
- ↑ "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Pacific Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "P1. Race – Pacific Grove city, California: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ↑ "Closeup: The John Denver Crash". January 28, 1999. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
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