Grover Beach, California City of Grover Beach Grover Beach Welcome Sign at the corner of Hwy 1 and West Grand Ave Grover Beach Welcome Sign at the corner of Hwy 1 and West Grand Ave Location in San Luis Obispo County and the state of California Location in San Luis Obispo County and the state of California City of Grover Beach is positioned in the US City of Grover Beach - City of Grover Beach Grover Beach is a town/city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Grover Beach was originally known as Town of Grover, which was established on August 1, 1887.
Grover filed his plans at the San Luis Obispo County Court House and eventually established what was to be known as City of Grover City.
There was a prominent vote that allowed incorporating on December 21, 1959 as City of Grover City.
In 1992, there was another prominent vote, in which the town's name was officially changed from "City of Grover City" to "Grover Beach" to accentuate the seaside location. Grover Beach is part of the 5 Cities Metropolitan Area.
The "5 Cities" is actually only 3 cities; Grover Beach, Pismo Beach, and Arroyo Grande.
Oceano is a Community Service District and Shell Beach is part of Pismo Beach.
The town/city extends from Arroyo Grande in the east to Pismo State Beach.
Grover Beach is positioned at 35 7 15 N 120 37 10 W (35.120934, -120.619529). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), of which 99.81% is territory and 0.19% is water.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Grover Beach had a populace of 13,156.
The ethnic makeup of Grover Beach was 9,964 (75.7%) White, 146 (1.1%) African American, 186 (1.4%) Native American, 542 (4.1%) Asian, 35 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 1,582 (12.0%) from other competitions, and 701 (5.3%) from two or more competitions.
There were 5,111 homeholds, out of which 1,656 (32.4%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 2,178 (42.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 735 (14.4%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 335 (6.6%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 2,928 citizens (22.3%) under the age of 18, 1,264 citizens (9.6%) aged 18 to 24, 3,809 citizens (29.0%) aged 25 to 44, 3,603 citizens (27.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,552 citizens (11.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.
5,719 citizens (43.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 7,248 citizens (55.1%) lived in rental housing units.
In the California State Legislature, Grover Beach is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat Bill Monning, and in the 35th Assembly District, represented by Republican Jordan Cunningham. In the United States House of Representatives, Grover Beach is in California's 24th congressional district, represented by Democrat Salud Carbajal. The Grover Beach Amtrak station is the only train station in the 5 Cities region and is positioned at the intersection of Grand Avenue and State Highway 1, adjoining to Pismo State Beach.
San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority operates additional bus lines that run from Grover Beach to most metros/cities in San Luis Obispo county, as well as Santa Maria.
"Official Website of Grover Beach, California".
Official Website of Grover Beach, California.
"Profile for Grover Beach, California, CA".
History of Grover Beach, CA accessed September 4, 2009 Climate Summary for Grover Beach, California "2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Grover Beach city".
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