Ventura County, California
Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, 843,843 people lived there.[3] The county seat is Ventura.[4]
Images, from top down, left to right: Ventura City Hall in Old Town Ventura, Ojai Arcade in Ojai, a view of Camarillo, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Point Mugu | |||||||
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 Location in the state of California | |||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||
| State | California | ||||||
| Region | Greater Los Angeles California Central Coast | ||||||
| Established | March 22, 1872[1] | ||||||
| Named for | Mission San Buenaventura, which was named after Saint Bonaventure | ||||||
| County seat | Ventura | ||||||
| Largest city | Oxnard (population) Thousand Oaks (area) | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
| • Total | 2,208 sq mi (5,720 km2) | ||||||
| • Land | 1,843 sq mi (4,770 km2) | ||||||
| • Water | 365 sq mi (950 km2) | ||||||
| Highest elevation | 8,835 ft (2,693 m) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
| • Total | 843,843 | ||||||
| • Density | 458/sq mi (177/km2) | ||||||
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone) | ||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time) | ||||||
| FIPS code | 06-111 | ||||||
| GNIS feature ID | 277320 | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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Ventura County includes Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is the southernmost county along the California Central Coast.[5]
Ventura County, California Media
Pictographs in the Burro Flats Painted Cave in Simi Valley
Mission San Buenaventura is a Spanish mission founded in 1782 by the Franciscan order.
Chumash elder and master builder Fernando Librado, or Kitsepawit, was born at Mission San Buenaventura during the Mexican period.
Map of Ventura oil and gas fields
Orange grove outside of Santa Paula, California
53 percent of the county's total area is made up of national forest land.
Map of Ventura County with physiographical place names
Coastline at Point Mugu State Park
Simi Valley in the valley of the same name, in the southeast corner of the county
References
- ↑ "Ventura County". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Mount Pinos". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "QuickFacts: Ventura County, California". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Central Coast". California State Parks. California Department of Recreation. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
Other websites
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- Oxnard Transportation Center A Major Transportation Hub of Southern California
- Ventura County Star Archived 2007-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, largest Ventura County daily news organization, Scripps chain newspaper
- The Ojai and Ventura VIEW, only true locally owned alternative press, a monthly newspaper
- VC Reporter, a weekly chain newsmagazine with a pro-urban developer bias, owned by southland publications corp. based in Pasadena.
- Ventura County Crime Blog Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Crime, trials, and reports in Ventura County
- News from Ventura County Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, from the Los Angeles Times website
- Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
- Ventura County Law Library—open to the public
- Ventura County Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine on the National Association Of Counties
- VenturaCountyWest visitors guide by Ventura County Lodging Association
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