Page. Insider has a new homeLompoc, California Wikipedia. City of Lompoc. City. Historic downtown Lompoc at East Ocean Avenue and North H Street. Nicknames Flower Seed Capital of the World, The City of Arts and Flowers. Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California. Location in the United States. Coordinates 3. 43. N1. 202. 73. 7W 3. N 1. 20. 4. 60. 28W 3. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. Retrouvez toutes les discothque Marseille et se retrouver dans les plus grandes soires en discothque Marseille. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. T. Pride 2015 June 25July 1, 2015 BAY AREA REPORTER 3. The Billys foster lifelong bonds. All Inclusive All Embracing All Loving. Dave Hall Photography. Coordinates 3. 43. N1. 202. 73. 7W 3. N 1. 20. 4. 60. 28W 3. Country. United States. State. California. County. Santa Barbara. Incorporated. August 1. Named for. Chumash Lompo Stagnant Water2Government City council5Mayor Bob Lingl,De. Wayne Holmdahl,Dirk Starbuck,Victor Vega, and. James Mosby State senator. Hannah Beth Jackson D3 Assemblymember. Jordan Cunningham R3 U. S. rep. Salud Carbajal D4Area6 Total. Land. 11. 5. 9 sq mi 3. Water. 0. 0. 8 sq mi 0. Elevation71. 05 ft 3. Population 2. 01. Total. 42,4. 34 Estimate 2. Density. 3,7. 70. DemonymsLompocan. Time zone. PST UTC 8 Summer DSTPDT UTC 7ZIP codes. Area code. 80. 5FIPS code. GNIS feature ID1. Websitewww. cityoflompoc. La Purisima Mission, Lompoc. Temple Baptist Church, Lompoc. Lompoc, LOM poke is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, on the west coast of the United States. The city was incorporated on August 1. The population was 4. Before European settlers arrived, the area around Lompoc was inhabited by the Chumash people. The name of the city is derived from a Chumashan term, Lum Poc, which means stagnant waters or lagoon. The Spanish called it Lumpoco. In 1. 83. 7, the Mexican government sold the area as the Rancho Lompoc land grant. After the United States gained control of California in the MexicanAmerican War 1. Thomas Dibblee, Albert Dibblee and William Welles Hollister. Hollister sold his share to the Lompoc Valley Land Company, and it was on that portion of the land that the present day Lompoc was established as a temperance colony. Lompoc was originally intended to be named New Vineland, after the temperance colony in New Jersey. It then became a military town with the completion of nearby Camp Cooke now Vandenberg Air Force Base. The city is known as the flower seed capital of the world. HistoryeditPrior to the Spanish conquest, the area around Lompoc was inhabited by the Chumash people. La Purisima Mission was established in 1. Purisimeo, a Chumashan language, was spoken in the region during the mission period. 1. After an earthquake destroyed the mission in 1. After independence from the Spanish Empire, the First Mexican Empire was established in 1. The Mexicans secularized the Spanish missions in 1. La Purisima Mission gradually fell into ruins. The coastal branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad replaced ship transportation around 1. In 1. 89. 3, a diatomaceous earth mine opened in the southern hills in Miguelito Canyon. It became and still is the largest marine diatomite mine in the world, and at one time was the largest employer in the valley. In the 1. 94. 0s, Grefco, another diatomaceous earth company, moved to Lompoc. It ceased operations in 1. In 1. 90. 9, the Sibyl Marstonat the time, the largest steam schooner built on the West Coastsank nearby while carrying 1,1. Many of the older Lompoc homes were built with lumber from the shipwreck. The wreckage can still be seen south of Surf Beach. 1. A paved road linked Lompoc to Buellton and the rest of California around 1. In 1. 92. 3, the Honda Point disaster, the U. S. s largest peacetime naval accident, occurred just off the coast nine U. S. destroyers ran aground, killing 2. During the Great Depression, La Purisima Mission was restored by the Civilian Conservation Corps CCC. During World War II, the coast west of Lompoc was the site of Camp Cooke, a United States Army training camp where large units could practice maneuvers. Lompoc grew slowly until 1. United States Air Force announced that the former Camp Cooke would be a test site for the Thor family of intermediate range ballistic missiles and the first operational base for the SM 6. Atlas, an intercontinental ballistic missile. The city then began to grow rapidly to provide housing for thousands of civilians and contractors employed at what was soon renamed Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was the first missile base of the United States Air Force. The Space Shuttle program was slated to begin launches in the late 1. However, when the Challenger exploded during take off from Cape Canaveral in 1. West Coast shuttle program was terminated, sending Lompoc into a severe recession. Today, Lompoc is called The City of Arts and Flowers and is also becoming known for its wines. In 2. 01. 0, Playboy named Jaspers, a local bar, one of the top 1. GeographyeditLompoc is located at 3. N1. 202. 73. 7W 3. N 1. 20. 4. 60. 28W 3. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1. Most of the city is in the valley of the Santa Ynez River, at an elevation of about 8. Vandenberg Village, with elevations of 1. Like most rivers in Southern California, the Santa Ynez River does not have a surface flow for most of the year. Underground flow in the sandy river bed recharges the aquifer beneath the city, from which nine wells with a tenth one planned supply the city with water. Unlike many other cities in Southern California, Lompoc is not connected to the State Water Project. ClimateeditLompoc has a cool Mediterranean climate Kppen climate classification. Csb, typical of coastal California. The city is mostly sunny, with an ocean breeze. Fog is common. Snow is virtually unknown. The highest recorded temperature was 1. F 4. 4 C in 1. F 9 C in 2. 01. Climate data for Lompoc, California. Month. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. Average high F C6. Average low F C4. Average rainfall inches mm3. Source Weather Channel1. DemographicseditHistorical population. Census. Pop. 1. 88. Est. 2. 01. 64. 3,7. U. S. Decennial Census1. Jalama Beach county park, south of Lompoc. In the 2. 01. 0 United States Census,1. Lompoc had a population of 4. The population density was 3,6. The racial makeup was 2. White 2,4. 32 5. African American 7. Native American 1,6. Asian 1. 86 0. 4 Pacific Islander 9,0. There were 2. 1,5. Hispanics or Latinos of any race 5. The Census reported that 3. There were 1. 3,3. There were 9. 49 7. The average household size was 2. There were 9,2. 97 families 6. The population included 1. The median age was 3. For every 1. 00 females, there were 1. For every 1. 00 females age 1. There were 1. 4,4. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2. As of the 2. 00. 0 Census,1. Lompoc. The population density was 3,5. There were 1. 3,6. The racial makeup of the city was 6. White, 7. 3. 4 African American, 1. Native American, 3. Asian, 0. 3. 2 Pacific Islander, 1. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 3. There were 1. 3,0. The average household size was 2. The population included 2. The median age was 3. For every 1. 00 females, there were 1. For every 1. 00 females age 1. The median income for a household in the city was 4. Males had a median income of 3. The per capita income was 1. About 1. 2. 6 of families and 1. Public safetyeditThe Lompoc Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city. The city is also served by the Lompoc Fire Department LFD, which responds to more than 3,8. The LFD provides mutual aid to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department as well as providing primary fire protection and emergency medical response to the United States Penitentiary, Lompoc. The Federal Correctional Complex located between Lompoc and Vandenberg AFB includes the medium and low security Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc, two minimum security camps, a satellite prison camp and a residential drug treatment camp. 1. TransportationeditState Route 1 is the major north south artery through Lompoc. State Route 2. 46 heads east to Buellton and the Santa Ynez Valley. The Surf train station is located to the west at Surf Beach and is served by Amtraks Pacific Surfliner line. Thruway Motorcoach buses stop in town. Lompoc is also served by City of Lompoc Transit, the Clean Air Express to Santa BarbaraGoleta, and the Breeze Bus to BuelltonSolvang and Santa Maria. Educationedit. Student in the flower fields, 1. SchoolseditHigh schoolseditJunior highmiddle schoolseditChildrens Montessori School. La Purisima Concepcion Catholic School. Lompoc Valley Middle School. Vandenberg Middle School. Trivium Charter School.
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