Ventura County, California
Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, 823,318 lived there.[4] The county seat is Ventura.[5]
Ventura County, California | |
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County of Ventura | |
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Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | California Central Coast |
Established | March 22, 1872[1] |
County seat | Ventura |
Largest city | Oxnard (population only) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,208 sq mi (5,720 km2) |
• Land | 1,843 sq mi (4,770 km2) |
• Water | 365 sq mi (950 km2) |
Highest elevation | 8,835 ft (2,693 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 823,318 |
• Estimate (2014)[3] | 846,178 |
• Density | 370/sq mi (140/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time) |
Area codes | 805, 747/818 |
FIPS code | 06-111 |
GNIS feature ID | 277320 |
Website | www |
Ventura County includes Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is the southernmost county along the California Central Coast.[6]
References
- "Ventura County". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- "Mount Pinos". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- "Ventura County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
- "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- "Central Coast". California State Parks. California Department of Recreation. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
Other websites

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ventura County, California.
- Official website
- Oxnard Transportation Center A Major Transportation Hub of Southern California
- Ventura County Star Archived 2007-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, largest Ventura County daily news organization, Scripps chain newspaper
- The Ojai and Ventura VIEW, only true locally owned alternative press, a monthly newspaper
- VC Reporter, a weekly chain newsmagazine with a pro-urban developer bias, owned by southland publications corp. based in Pasadena.
- Ventura County Crime Blog Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Crime, trials, and reports in Ventura County
- News from Ventura County Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, from the Los Angeles Times website
- Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
- Ventura County Law Library—open to the public
- Ventura County Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine on the National Association Of Counties
- VenturaCountyWest visitors guide by Ventura County Lodging Association
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