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Del Rio (Spanish: Del Río, meaning "Of The River") is a unincorporated community in Stanislaus County, California, United States that is located around the Del Rio Country Club. The population was 1,270 at the 2010 census, up from 1,168 at the 2000 census.
Downtown Modesto featuring the skyline of the DoubleTree Hotel (left; the city's tallest building) and the Brenden Theatres (right) on 9th street. Downtown Modesto attractions. Downtown Modesto is the principal administrative area and historic townsite of Modesto, California. Measuring a square mile, it is bordered by Needham and Downey Streets ...
Compass Maps was a U.S. publisher of road maps. It was based in Modesto, California. It was founded in 1963 by Dick and Shirley Elke. They produced high quality maps of Northern and Southern California. They also did some maps of places in Nevada (Reno, Las Vegas), as well as Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2007, they had nearly 100 area maps that ...
Modesto (/ m ə ˈ d ɛ s t oʊ /; Spanish pronunciation:) is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States.With a population of 218,069 according to 2022 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, [9] it is the 19th-most populous city in California.
East of Modesto, the road climbs the foothills and eventually ends at SR 49 at Coulterville. Portions between I-580 and I-5 are a four-lane freeway, and there are plans to upgrade the portion between I-5 and SR 99 in Modesto to an expressway , with 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) west of SR 99 currently open.
The first European to see the area was Gabriel Moraga in 1806.. The county was named after the Estanislao River, which in turn was named in honor of Estanislao, a mission-educated renegade Native American chief who led a band of Native Americans in a series of battles against Mexican troops until finally being defeated by General Mariano Vallejo in 1826.
La Loma is a neighborhood in central Modesto, California. The earliest accounts of La Loma attribute to a small settlement called "Ripperdan" that flourished in 1871, until its demise in the 1900s. The neighborhood was named after La Loma Avenue that diagonally intersects the area. The name la loma means "the hill" in Spanish.
It runs from State Route 108 near Del Rio to State Route 26 in Bellota. The route is known as McHenry Avenue, Escalon Avenue in Escalon, and Escalon-Bellota Road. Route description. County Route J6 begins at the junction with State Route 108 near Del Rio. It continues north as McHenry Avenue to the junction with State Route 120 in Escalon.