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]
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| Location in the state of California 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
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Pictographs in the Burro Flats Painted Cave in Simi Valley
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Mission San Buenaventura is a Spanish mission founded in 1782 by the Franciscan order.
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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
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Orange grove outside of Santa Paula, California
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53 percent of the county's total area is made up of national forest land.
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Map of Ventura County with physiographical place names
Coastline at Point Mugu State Park
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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 Archived 2018-03-29 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2023-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
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