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User:Nyttend/County templates/CA/3; User:Patapsco913/sandbox; Template:San Joaquin County, California; Category:Populated places in San Joaquin County, California; Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in San Joaquin County, California
Ex-Southern Pacific EMD FP7 on the San Joaquin at Oakland in 1975The San Joaquins service runs over lines that once hosted several passenger trains a day. The top trains were the Golden Gate on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (predecessor to BNSF), and the San Joaquin Daylight on the Southern Pacific Railroad (later acquired by Union Pacific).
San Joaquin County (/ ˌ s æ n hw ɑː ˈ k iː n / ⓘ SAN whah-KEEN; Spanish: San Joaquín, meaning "St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 779,233. [8] The county seat is Stockton. [9]
An 1873 map shows Tulare Lake prior to shrinkage from large-scale agriculture.. The San Joaquin Valley is the southern half of California's Central Valley. [4] It extends from the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in the north to the Tehachapi Mountains in the south, and from the California coastal ranges (Diablo and Temblor) in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east.
Once it crosses the Stanislaus River and enters San Joaquin County, the route is locally signed as Santa Fe Road. At this point, it continues its parallel path with the BNSF rail line. About 4.3 mi after entering San Joaquin County, the route then enters Escalon and becomes Main Street for 0.7 mi before reaching SR 120. CR J7 very briefly co ...
San Joaquin City: North of county line on County Hwy J3: Tracy: Site of Completion of Pacific Railroad, First Transcontinental Railroad: 780-7: Site of Completion of Pacific Railroad, First Transcontinental Railroad: At entrance to Mossdale Crossing Park and Ramp, just north of San Joaquin River (missing) [2
San Joaquin County: 077: Stockton: 1850: original: Spanish for Saint Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary: General Law 800,965: 1,399 sq mi (3,623 km 2) San Luis Obispo County: 079: San Luis Obispo: 1850: original: The city of San Luis Obispo, from Mission San Luis Obispo, named after Saint Louis of Toulouse (Spanish for Saint Louis, the Bishop ...
It is bordered on the northeast by the San Joaquin River, on the southeast by the San Joaquin Valley, on the southwest by the Salinas River, and on the northwest by the Santa Clara Valley and San Francisco Bay. [1] On USGS maps, the "Diablo Range" is shown as the ridgeline which runs between its namesake Mount Diablo southeastward past Mount ...