Carpinteria, California "Carpinteria"
City of Carpinteria Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California City of Carpinteria is positioned in the US City of Carpinteria - City of Carpinteria Carpinteria /k rp nt ri / is a small oceanside town/city located in southeastern Santa Barbara County, California, east of Santa Barbara and northwest of Ventura.
Carpinteria Beach is known for its gentle slope and calm waves in chose sandy areas but also good surfing swells in some of the more rocky areas. Seals and sea lions can be seen in the region December through May at the rookery in the close-by Carpinteria Bluffs, as well as an occasional gray whale.
There is bird watching at Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, established in 1977 and administered by the Natural Reserve System of the University of California. The Waldholme Torrey Pine, biggest known Torrey pine tree on earth, is positioned in downtown Carpinteria.
Since 1987, the California Avocado Festival has been held in Carpinteria on the first weekend of October.
The Santa Barbara Polo Club, one of the chief equestrian polo fields in the country, is positioned in Carpinteria.
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The explorers found a large native village on the point of territory where Carpinteria Pier is today.
The Indians have many canoes, and at the time were building one, for which reason the soldiers titled this town La Carpinteria" (the carpentry shop). Petroleum seeps are still visible along the beach bluffs at Tar Pits Park on the campground beach of Carpinteria State Beach.
The three closest drilling platforms visible from the shore are inside the Carpinteria Offshore Oil Field, the 50th-largest field in California. Carpinteria is positioned several miles east of the town/city of Santa Barbara(the coast runs east to west in this section of California).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.2 square miles (24 km2), of which 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2) is territory and 6.7 square miles (17 km2) (72.11%) is water.
The town/city is positioned almost entirely on a coastal plain in between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Immediately to the north of Carpinteria lie foothills and then the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Carpinteria Beach is known for its gentle slope and calm waves in chose sandy areas but also good surfing swells in some of the more rocky areas. Seals and sea lions can be seen in the region December through May at the rookery in the close-by Carpinteria Bluffs, as well as an occasional gray whale.
There is bird watching at Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, established in 1977 and administered by the Natural Reserve System of the University of California. The Wardholme Torrey Pine, biggest known Torrey pine tree on earth, is positioned in downtown Carpinteria.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Carpinteria has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Climate data for Carpinteria, California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Carpinteria had a populace of 13,040.
The ethnic makeup of Carpinteria was 9,348 (71.7%) White, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,351 persons (48.7%), 109 (0.8%) African American, 144 (1.1%) Native American, 296 (2.3%) Asian, 15 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 2,599 (19.9%) from other competitions, and 529 (4.1%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 13,021 citizens (99.9% of the population) lived in homeholds, 19 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 4,759 homeholds, out of which 1,510 (31.7%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 2,305 (48.4%) were married couples living together, 597 (12.5%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 239 (5.0%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 2,791 citizens (21.4%) under the age of 18, 1,267 citizens (9.7%) aged 18 to 24, 3,466 citizens (26.6%) aged 25 to 44, 3,717 citizens (28.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,799 citizens (13.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.
6,130 citizens (47.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,891 citizens (52.8%) lived in rental housing units.
There were 4,989 homeholds out of which 33.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
3 Carpinteria Unified School District 272 The Carpinteria Amtrak Station is positioned on Linden Avenue by the beach.
Carpinteria MTD provides small-town bus service.
Carpinteria hosts an annual California Avocado Festival, with a history extending back to 1986. Over 80,000 persons attend the three-day festival which takes place amid the first weekend of October on Linden Avenue.
The town/city of Carpinteria is served by the Carpinteria Unified School District.
It includes one high school, one middle (junior high) school, and four enhance elementary schools, one of which is an alternative school of choice (K-5).
Other schools include: Howard Carden School, a private pre-K-8 elementary school, Carpinteria Christian School, a Baptist K-8 school, Cate School, a private preliminary school and Pacifica Graduate Institute, home of the Joseph Campbell and Marija Gimbutas Library.
The Carpinteria Unified School District, which also includes the improve of Summerland, and some outlying areas, includes the following: Carpinteria Middle (5351 Carpinteria Ave) Aliso Elementary (4545 Carpinteria Ave) Carpinteria Family School (1480 Linden Ave) Carpinteria Senior High (4810 Foothill Rd) Students at elementary schools prepared two web sites about Carpinteria for the year 2000 and 2001 International Schools Cyber - Fair competitions. Carpinteria Valley Museum of History Carpinteria State Beach Carpinteria Tar Pits Carpinteria Lions Park Franklin Trail Hiking trail in Carpinteria providing access to the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Los Padres National Forest. "California Cities by Incorporation Date".
California's Chumash Indians : a universal of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center (Revised ed.).
City of Carpinteria.
"Carpinteria (city) Quick - Facts".
"City of Carpinteria > Doing Business in Carpinteria > Business Assistance and Financing".
"Carpinteria Seal Rookery, and Clifftop Walk".
"Carpinteria Bluffs".
"Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve - University of California Natural Reserve System".
"Carpinteria, California Koppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Carpinteria city".
City of Carpinteria CAFR Archived September 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
"California Avocado Festival in Carpinteria, California near downtown Santa Barbara nestled between the Pacific Ocean and Santa Ynez Mountains.".
"Carpinteria Unified School District".
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