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Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA



 


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Modesto (Spanish for "modest"), officially the City of Modesto, is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, Modesto ranks as the 18th largest city in the state of California. The Modesto Census County Division, which includes the cities of Ceres and Riverbank, has a population of 312,842 as of 2010.

Modesto is located in the Central Valley, 90 miles (140 km) north of Fresno, 40 miles (64 km) north of Merced, California, 92 miles (148 km) east of San Francisco, 68 miles (109 km) south of the state capital of Sacramento, 66 miles (106 km) west of Yosemite National Park, and 24 miles (39 km) south of Stockton. Modesto has been honored as a Tree City USA numerous times. It is surrounded by rich farmland; Stanislaus County ranks sixth among California counties in farm production. Led by milk, almonds, chickens, walnuts, and corn silage, the county grossed nearly $3.1 billion in agricultural production in 2011.

Modesto was immortalized in the 1973 George Lucas film American Graffiti. The award-winning film captured the spirit of cruising and friendship on 10th and 11th Streets in 1962 and led to the revival of 1950s nostalgia that included the TV show Happy Days and the other spin-offs. Ron Howard, Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfuss starred in the film. The soundtrack was a huge success. Director George Lucas is a native of Modesto, graduating from Downey High School in 1962.

Modesto is one of the birthplaces of modern rock and roll as the roots of Rockabilly music began in 1938 with the Maddox Brothers and Rose. The slap bass technique created by Fred Maddox became the percussive backbeat to "hillbilly boogie" that would become the foundation of Rock and Roll. The Maddox Brothers music became famous from the early broadcasts by pioneering radio station KTRB throughout the 1940s. Fred Maddox's bass now belongs to the Experience Project Museum in Seattle Washington for the significance in music history.

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2011, which interviews 1,000 participants daily and asks individuals to assess their jobs, finances, physical health, emotional state of mind and communities, ranked Modesto 126 out of the 190 cities surveyed. In December 2009, Forbes ranked Modesto 48th out of 100 among "Best Bang-for-the-Buck Cities". In this ranking, Modesto ranked 8th in housing affordability and travel time but also ranked 86th in job forecast growth and 99th in foreclosures.

History:

Modesto, originally a stop on the railroad connecting Sacramento to Los Angeles, was founded in 1870 and was to be named for financier William C. Ralston, but he was too modest and asked them to find another name for the town. In honor of his modesty, the town was named Modesto.

The city was incorporated in 1884 with a population of over 1000 people. With fields of grain, a nearby river (grain barges during the flood season), and railroad traffic, the town grew. Later, dams were installed in the foothills, irrigation water came, and irrigated fields of vegetables and fruit or nut trees prospered. By 1900, its population was over 4,500. During World War II, the area provided canned goods, powdered milk, and eggs for the US armed forces and allied forces. For the next few decades, Modesto's population grew at about two percent per year to over 100,000 in 1980, and over 200,000 in 2001.

The official city slogan is "Water Wealth Contentment Health," which is emblazoned on the downtown Modesto Arch, featured in local photographs and postcards. A contest was run in 1911 to determine the slogan. The original winning slogan was: "Nobody's got Modesto's goat". The second place entry was the final winner. The motto is sometimes spoofed as "The land gets the water, the bankers get the wealth, the cows get contentment, and the farmers get the health."

Ort : Geographische Breite: 37.63909719999999, Geographische Länge: -120.99687819999997


Geburt

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Blaylock, Noma  30 Aug 1913Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I62485
2 Elhardt, Merlin  13 Mrz 1931Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I94946
3 Hobbs, Dwayne  2 Jan 1937Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I35808
4 Pine, Vivian Lorene  27 Feb 1937Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I24548

Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Archibald, Hedley C.  12 Jan 2006Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I25674
2 Ashton, Martha Jane  7 Okt 2001Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I25675
3 Axt, Charles  10 Jan 1970Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I127346
4 Berg, Elaine Orrine  31 Mai 1988Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I92230
5 Churchill, Luther Victor  5 Apr 1984Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I129105
6 Coleman, Norton Dyer  10 Jan 2000Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I24214
7 Foshee, Rosa Lanell  17 Mrz 2000Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I136296
8 Gaub, Catharina  Datum unbekanntModesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I100352
9 Grenz, Edna  7 Sep 1981Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I118618
10 Gruebele, Rose Caroline  16 Jul 1990Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I181832
11 Huggins, Pearl Marie  18 Okt 2003Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I94385
12 Hughes, Raymond  1 Jan 1987Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I8969
13 Miller, Christina  26 Dez 1984Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I5685
14 Perman, Clara M.  21 Dez 1987Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I157169
15 Peter, Rachel  23 Jul 1972Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I5224
16 Reichert, Edward  17 Jan 1981Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I5684
17 Reifschneider, Tillie L.  23 Mrz 1991Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I129130
18 Talcott, Clara Hazel  12 Jan 1984Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I8970
19 Trautman, Albert T.  19 Nov 1983Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I5225

Beerdigung

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Beerdigung    Personen-Kennung 
1 Miller, Christina  29 Dez 1984Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA I5685

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Hobbs / Ulmer  7 Mai 1960Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA F11954
2 Hohnstein / Rauscher  10 Feb 1944Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA F29358