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Location of Placentia inside Orange County, California.
Placentia, California is positioned in the US Placentia, California - Placentia, California Placentia (/pl s n /) is a town/city in northern Orange County, California.
This includes the improve of Atwood, which is encompassed in the town/city of Placentia, and is positioned in its southernmost quadrant.
Primarily known as a bedroom community, Placentia is known for its quiet neighborhoods.
In 1971, Placentia was honored with the prestigious "All America City" Award, given out annually by the National Civic League to ten metros/cities in the United States. 6.1 Placentia Library District Placentia is positioned in Orange County at 33 52 57 N 117 51 18 W (33.882364, -117.855130). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.6 square miles (17 km2).
The 57 Freeway (Orange Freeway) runs through the southwest section of Placentia.
Districts in Placentia include the Neighborhood of La Jolla, and the formerly unincorporated improve of Atwood.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Placentia had a populace of 50,533.
The Enumeration reported that 50,196 citizens (99.3% of the population) lived in homeholds, 253 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 84 (0.2%) were institutionalized.
There were 16,365 homeholds, out of which 6,310 (38.6%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 9,399 (57.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,070 (12.6%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 897 (5.5%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 12,445 citizens (24.6%) under the age of 18, 5,202 citizens (10.3%) aged 18 to 24, 13,945 citizens (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 12,598 citizens (24.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,343 citizens (12.6%) who were 65 years of age or older.
31,761 citizens (62.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 18,435 citizens (36.5%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Placentia had a median homehold income of $75,693, with 12.2% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. There were 15,037 homeholds out of which 37.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married alternative couples living together, 50.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Placentia has a $20,000,000 Metrolink universal that started in the downtown region in 2013.
This universal is in conjunction with the Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA), and will assist in the continued revitalization of the area, which is also scheduled for the building of more transit oriented housing to complement the train station, different use, retail and entertainment. All designed to movement Placentia's unique existence in Orange County.
The project, combined with the town/city of Fullerton, provides approximately $580,000,000 in funding to build underpasses and/or overpasses at the primary north-south roadways in the two cities.
The roadways are Lakeview, Ave., Rose/Tustin, Orangethorpe Ave., Kraemer Blvd., Placentia Ave., State College Blvd.
According to Placentia's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 5 City of Placentia 215 The George Key Ranch Historic District is a historic citrus ranch and Victorian ranch home in Placentia.
Placentia is a charter town/city with an propel town/city council, propel town/city clerk, and propel town/city treasurer and experienced town/city manager.
Placentia City Council The voters of Placentia also elect the Boards of the Placentia Library District and the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District.
In the California State Legislature, Placentia is in the 29th Senate District, represented by Democrat Josh Newman, and in the 55th Assembly District, represented by Republican Phillip Chen. In the United States House of Representatives, Placentia is in California's 39th congressional district, represented by Republican Ed Royce. Placentia Library District Placentia is home to one of the 13 special precinct libraries in California.
The Placentia Library District is a single-purpose library precinct governed by an propel Board of Trustees.
Beginning in 1914, the Women's Christian Temperance Union established a reading and recreation room for boys in a storefront on Bradford Avenue. After a prosperous petition and election by the residents, the Placentia Library District was officially formed on September 2, 1919.
The new library precinct encompassed seven square miles of the Placentia area: the north line was beyond Golden Avenue, the east line along Linda Vista through Hazard's subdivision,the south through Golden State Tract but not as far as Miraloma Avenue and the west line along the Fullerton boundary.
The Library Board of Trustees hired Placentia's first Librarian, Sara Rideout, for $0.25 an hour, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union turned over their reading room and 193 books.
That same year the library boundaries period to reflect the same boundaries as the city. Today the Placentia Library District holds over 102,000 library materials.
Placentia is a part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD).
The earliest high school in Placentia, opened in 1933.
Named a "Model Continuation High School" by the California State Department of Education.
In addition, Placentia supports three enhance middle schools: Kraemer Middle School, Valadez Middle School Academy, and Tuffree Middle School.
The town/city homes various enhance elementary schools: Brookhaven Elementary, George Key Elementary, Golden Elementary, Morse Elementary, Melrose Elementary, Ruby Drive Elementary, Sierra Vista Elementary, Tynes Elementary, Van Buren Elementary, and Wagner Elementary.
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Weikel, Dan (17 June 2014) "Former Placentia official given deadline to repay full time pay" Los Angeles Times "City of Placentia CAFR".
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