City of Port Hueneme City of Port Hueneme is positioned in the US City of Port Hueneme - City of Port Hueneme Beach and pier, Port Hueneme Port Hueneme (/wa ni mi/ wy-neem-ee) is a small beach town/city in Ventura County, California surrounded by the town/city of Oxnard and the Santa Barbara Channel. The name derives from the Chumash Native language spelling of the Chumash wene me, meaning "Resting Place".

The town's name was officially changed to Port Hueneme in 1939 and was incorporated March 24, 1948.

Thomas Bard learned of the submarine canyon at Point Hueneme and took favor of the canyon depth to construct the Hueneme Wharf in 1871 here. The existing street grid of the town was formally laid out in 1888. Until the assembly of the Montalvo Cutoff that brought the barns to close-by Oxnard, the wharf was the principal means of transit for that portion of Ventura County lying south of the Santa Clara River.

Hueneme was the second biggest grain shipping port on the Pacific coast between 1871 and 1895. Both the Port of Hueneme and Naval Base Ventura County lie inside town/city limits.

Port Hueneme has a south-facing sand beach, known for its surfing.

The beach has a wooden fishing pier and is about a mile long between Ormond Beach downcoast and Point Hueneme Light at the harbor entrance shared by the naval base and the port.

Port Hueneme was also used as a recording locale for the movie Back To The Future: Part 3, as the rail road crossing scene depicting Marty arriving home was filmed on 270 S.

3 Hueneme Beach Festival The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Port Hueneme had a populace of 21,723.

The ethnic makeup of Port Hueneme was 12,357 (56.9%) White, 1,111 (5.1%) African American, 295 (1.4%) Native American, 1,299 (6.0%) Asian, 119 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 5,224 (24.0%) from other competitions, and 1,318 (6.1%) from two or more competitions.

There were 7,080 homeholds, out of which 2,832 (40.0%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 3,267 (46.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,121 (15.8%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 440 (6.2%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

The populace was spread out with 5,781 citizens (26.6%) under the age of 18, 2,705 citizens (12.5%) aged 18 to 24, 6,258 citizens (28.8%) aged 25 to 44, 4,593 citizens (21.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,386 citizens (11.0%) who were 65 years of age or older.

9,747 citizens (44.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 11,107 citizens (51.1%) lived in rental housing units.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 13.2% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older.

The Port of Hueneme, shared with Oxnard Harbor District and Naval Base Ventura County, is the only deep water port between the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of San Francisco, and the only Navy controlled harbor between San Diego Bay and Puget Sound in Washington state. According to abc 7 news, the Port in Port Hueneme beach has been eroding for 60 years since it was assembled as a commercial port with jetties that block the natural flow of sand.

Hueneme Beach Festival logo Since 1998, every year the town/city of Port Hueneme holds a theme-based beach festival at 550 E.

Surfside Dr., Port Hueneme, Ca 93041.

Prior to the "Hueneme Beach Festival", the HHD Board of Directors ran the 'Port Hueneme Harbor Days Festival & Parade' with food, bands, entertainment, kids attractions, vendor booths, and activities, such as kite-flying contests, sand sculpture contests, metal detection contests, and a long time ago, bathing suit contests.

Port Hueneme is positioned on the southwest portion of the Oxnard Plain at 34 9 37 N 119 11 40 W (34.160250, -119.194509), on the Pacific Ocean.

According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Port Hueneme has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Most of the town/city of Port Hueneme lies inside the boundaries of the Hueneme School District.

Portions of the town/city north of Channel Islands are served by Oxnard Elementary School District.

Hueneme School District Richard Bard Elementary School (K 6) (Port Hueneme) Hueneme Elementary School (K 6) (Port Hueneme) Parkview Elementary School (K 5) (Port Hueneme) Sunkist Elementary School (K 5) (Port Hueneme) Hueneme High School of the Oxnard Union High School District serves most of the city.

Public Libraries: Ventura County Library: 14 locations; Port Hueneme branch is the Ray D.

"Plat of Lots in Town of Hueneme" 3 MR 13.

Port Hueneme, CA.

"Port Hueneme".

"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Port Hueneme city".

"Naval Base Ventura County: About" U.S.

"Port Hueneme Beach erosion: Federal gov't stepping in to help".

"Hueneme Beach erosion has inhabitants concerned".

"Port Hueneme Chamber of Commerce is moving".

Climate Summary for Port Hueneme, California Hueneme School District Richard Bard Elementary School Hueneme Elementary School Parkview Elementary School Sunkist Elementary School Mc - Auliffe Elementary School Wikimedia Commons has media related to Port Hueneme, California.

Port Hueneme @ The Official Conejo Valley Website, a Web site with small-town history, affairs, and improve information.

NRC Port Hueneme History Port of Hueneme official homepage Port Hueneme, California Chamber of Commerce Hueneme Beach Festival Port Hueneme

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