Marysville Ellis Lake, Centerpiece of the city.
Ellis Lake, Centerpiece of the city.
Location in Yuba County and the state of California Location in Yuba County and the state of California Marysville is positioned in the US Marysville - Marysville Marysville is the governmental center of county of Yuba County, California, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the populace was 12,072, reflecting a decline of 196 from the 12,268 counted in the 2000 Census.
It is encompassed in the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area, often referred to as the Yuba-Sutter Area after the two counties, Yuba and Sutter.
10 Sights of Marysville 11 Notable citizens from Marysville In 1842, John Sutter leased part of his Rancho New Helvetia territory to Theodore Cordua, a native of Mecklenburg in Germany, who raised livestock and, in 1843, assembled a home and trading post he called New Mecklenburg. The trading post and home was situated at what would later turn into the southern end of 'D' Street, Marysville's chief street.
A sign on the roadside as one enters Marysville carries the slogan: "Gateway to The Gold Fields." That evening, the townsfolk decided to name the new town Marysville after Charles Covillaud's wife, Mary Murphy Covillaud, the former wife of William Johnson of Johnson's Ranch, and one of the surviving members of the Donner Party. After Marysville was incorporated by the new California Legislature, the first mayor was propel in 1851.
A postal service was established at Marysville in 1851.
In addition to the brick merchant buildings, Marysville had advanced mills, iron works, factories, machine shops, schools, churches and two daily newspapers.
By 1857, Marysville was a prospering city; in fact, it was one of the biggest cities in California, due to strategic locale amid the Gold Rush.
Over $10 million in gold was shipped from the banks in Marysville to the U.S.
The city's framers imagined Marysville becoming "The New York of the Pacific." However, debris loosed by hydraulic quarrying above Marysville raised the riverbeds of both the Feather and the Yuba Rivers and rendered the town/city vulnerable to flooding amid winter storms and spring run-offs.
The levee fitness sealed the town/city off and has made additional town/city growth virtually impossible; as such the populace has not increased much since their assembly and Marysville is known as "California's Oldest 'Little' City." The hydraulic quarrying debris choked the Feather River and soon the riverboats could not make the trip to Marysville.
Marysville was home to a momentous Chinese American improve in the 1860s, but it violently drove all its Chinese American inhabitants out of town in February 1886. The Chinese American populace has not recovered since.
View of the town/city of Marysville, 1940 There was also an active Jewish merchant improve in Marysville from the Gold Rush era through the early years of the twentieth century.
Philip Brown advertised himself as "Marysville's dominant tailor, pants made to order from $4.00 up and P.
In 2010, the Marysville City Council made a controversial decision to sell a portion of Washington Square Park for evolution of a commercial shopping center, part of an accomplishment to increase tax revenue.
This came after the town/city won a costly legal battle brought on by the Citizens to Preserve Marysville's Parks, a group of people opposed to evolution in the city's green spaces. Subsequently, a mitigation measure to offset the loss of town/city green space has drawn criticism for using town/city property which is technically inside town/city limits, but fall outside the city's leevee ring. The National Register list the following 9 Historic sites and 1 Historic precinct as cultural resources worthy of preservation. Bok Kai Temple, Decker-Jewett Bank, Ellis Building, Forbes House, Hart Building, Warren P.
Ellis House" or "The Castle", US Post Office - Marysville Main, Marysville Historic Commercial District.
Other sites of historic interest include homes designed by Julia Morgan, Hotel Marysville, and the State Theater.
Marysville is positioned at 39 08 45 N 121 35 29 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2), of which, 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (3.36%) is water.
Marysville is 40 miles north of Sacramento and positioned in the Sacramento Valley.
The town/city is bordered on the south and east by the Yuba River and the west by the Feather River, with the two rivers converging just southwest of the city.
Marysville has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen Csa), which has mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers.
Climate data for Marysville (1897-2007) Average rainy days ( 0.01 inch) 10 9 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 7 9 56 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Marysville had a populace of 12,072.
The ethnic makeup of Marysville was 8,576 (71.0%) White, 522 (4.3%) African American, 298 (2.5%) Native American, 498 (4.1%) Asian, 38 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 1,247 (10.3%) from other competitions, and 893 (7.4%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 11,402 citizens (94.4% of the population) lived in homeholds, 145 (1.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 525 (4.3%) were institutionalized.
There were 4,668 homeholds, out of which 1,571 (33.7%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 1,551 (33.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 836 (17.9%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 318 (6.8%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 3,032 citizens (25.1%) under the age of 18, 1,569 citizens (13.0%) aged 18 to 24, 3,158 citizens (26.2%) aged 25 to 44, 2,860 citizens (23.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,453 citizens (12.0%) who were 65 years of age or older.
4,571 citizens (37.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,831 citizens (56.6%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,268 citizens , 4,687 homeholds, and 2,826 families residing in the city.
The populace was spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Municipal policies for the City of Marysville are decided by a five-member town/city council.
In the California State Legislature, Marysville is in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Jim Nielsen, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican James Gallagher. In the United States House of Representatives, Marysville is in California's 3rd congressional district, represented by Democrat John Garamendi. Marysville is served by Marysville Joint Unified School District for its enhance school system.
It has five high schools: Marysville High, Lindhurst High School, Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter School (which is home to the award-winning Automotive Academy), Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts, and Abraham Lincoln Home School.
The town/city is home to the county's only brick and mortar library of the Yuba County Library system.
The Appeal-Democrat is a journal positioned in Marysville, and serves the Yuba-Sutter Area.
Marysville is the setting for Tom Waits' chillingly beautiful song "Burma Shave", a fictitious account of "...a young girl in a small little town, place called Marysville...and, uh, it's up around Yuba City, Gridley, Chico, they're all the same, the names are different.
Marysville is served by two highways.
California State Route 20 is the primary east-west route, running to Nevada City to the east, and through Yuba City and Williams to the west, ending just south of Fort Bragg at California State Route 1.
California State Route 70 travels south toward Sacramento, and north and east through Quincy to its end at U.S.
Yuba County Airport is positioned three miles southeast of Marysville.
Marysville has 15 parks and they are classified as either community, neighborhood and passive. See "Sights of Marysville" or "Ellis Lake" East lake park is positioned between 14th and 16th streets on Yuba Street and sports picnic facilities in a natural setting.
City owned baseball stadium and home of the Marysville Gold Sox Baseball team.
Facility provides seating for 3000 citizens and is available for rental either from the Gold Sox amid the season or the town/city in the off season.
The city's Beckwourth Riverfront Park is a large complex positioned on Bizz Johnson Drive adjoining to the Feather River.
Amenities include a OHV Moto - Cross Course, Soccer Fields used by the Yuba Sutter Youth Soccer League, a nature region and Feather River Pavilion, a picnicking region known as Lion's Grove, a boat launch region with restrooms maintained by Redneck Yacht Club Marysville,Ca.
Beckwourth Riverfront Park also hosts the annual Marysville Stampede, a rodeo event featuring Cotton Rosser and his crew.
Located at Johnson Avenue and Val Drive, this park has picnic tables, benches, play equipment and a large open play area.
Located between Swezy and Sampson Street and East 14th and East 15th, this is one of the biggest neighborhood parks.
The amenities include play equipment, tot equipment, benches, a picnic table and basketball hoops, as well as a large open play area.
Formerly known as Market Square Park, this park, positioned at 14th and G streets, has play equipment, tot equipment, benches, picnic tables, a full court basketball pad and a large open play area.
This park has play equipment, tot equipment, benches, picnic tables and an open play area.
Located at Rideout Way and Covillaud Street, this park has picnic tables, benches, play equipment, tot equipment, and a large open play area.
The amenities at this park positioned on 5th Street between G and H streets include play equipment, benches and picnic tables.
Located at Yuba Street and East 10th Street, the amenities at this park include play equipment, picnic facilities and a large open play area.
Located on Hall Street between East 17th and Harris Street in East Marysville, this cyclic park is used for storm drainage storage amid the rainy season.
Conveniently positioned in historic downtown Marysville there are benches available for taking a break while shopping.
It was home to the Aaron family until 1935, and it is now held in trust by the City of Marysville.
The lives of small-town inhabitants are documented by photographs, clothing, and other furnishings in the changing exhibits, including many of the Chinese improve who helped establish Marysville.
The temple remains a focus of the present Marysville Chinese community, who have dedicated themselves to preserving it.
Marysville annually jubilates the Chinese New Year and the god Bok Eye with a festival.
The Bok Kai parade has been produced each year for more than 130 years and is the earliest closing parade in California. Because the festival jubilates Bok Eye as stated to the Chinese lunar calendar, the date of the parade is different each year.
The centerpiece of Marysville is Ellis Lake, a lake surrounded by greenery and sidewalks.
It is bounded by 9th Street to the south, B Street to the east, 14th Street to the north and D Street to the west.
It was not until 1924 that the Women's Improvement Club of Marysville commissioned John Mc - Laren, famed designer of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, to turn the swamp into a "beautiful lake".
The Marysville Police Department believes that Mary Jane Gooding accidentally drove her boyfriend's car into the lake on October 10, 1981.
Her kids thought she was victim of foul play; however, the Marysville Police Department maintains that there is no evidence to support that a crime was committed.
The lake, titled for Marysville citizen W.
Appeal-Democrat Park is home of the Marysville Gold Sox, a collegiate wood-bat baseball club.
A Toy Run in Marysville to collect toys for Christmas One of the earliest two story brick homes in Marysville The Annual Bok Kai Parade in Marysville "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word).
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Gold Rush, Section 9 by the California State Library "Marysville's Crisis".
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marysville, California "MARYSVILLE, CA (045385)".
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Marysville city".
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