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Stockton is a city in
California and the
seat of
San Joaquin County (the 5th
largest
agricultural county in the
United States). According to
2005 estimates by the
California Department of
Finance, Stockton has a
population of 289,800 and is the
13th largest city in California.
Stockton is also the fourth
largest inland city in
California, behind
Fresno,
Sacramento and
Bakersfield. According to
the California State Department
of Finance
January 6,
2006 estimate, 668,265
people live in the Stockton
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Stockton was named after Commodore Robert F. Stockton and was founded in 1849 and incorporated on July 23, 1850. The area now known as Weber Point is the same spot where Captain Charles Maria Weber built the first permanent residence in the San Joaquin Valley after acquiring 49,000 acres through a Spanish land grant. Soon, he established this spot as a stop for 49ers on their way to the Sierra Nevada. It didn't take long for this stop to grow and flourish.
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