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Porterville
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city in Tulare County, California, United States
Porterville is a city located in Tulare County in California's Central Valley region. It serves as a local urban center in an agricultural area of the state.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Tulare
- Csa
- Visalia-Porterville-Hanford
- Metro
- Visalia-Porterville
- Incorporated
- May 7, 1902
- Type
- Charter city , Council-Manager
- City manager
- Rich Tree
- Mayor
- Greg Meister
- Vice mayor
- Ed McKervey
- City
- 18.70 sq mi (48.44 km )
- Land
- 18.65 sq mi (48.30 km )
- Water
- 0.054 sq mi (0.14 km ) 0.29%
- Elevation
- 460 ft (140 m)
- Density
- 3,358/sq mi (1,297/km )
- Metro density
- 94.95/sq mi (36.66/km )
- Demonym
- Portervillian
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Porterville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tulare County
- Population
- 2696
- Area
- 45.790321
- Elevation
- 459
- Time zone
- Pacific Time Zone
- Official website
- www.ci.porterville.ca.us
- Image
- City of Porterville Skyline.jpg
- Households
- 17649
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- twinned administrative body
- Hamamatsu
- topic's main category
- Category:Porterville, California
- Commons category
- Porterville, California
- postal code
- 93258
- different from
- Porterville
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Porterville, California
- water as percent of area
- 0.4096
- P8168
- Paris–Lille railway
- water area
- 0.187557
- per capita income
- 19418
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Encyclopedic overview
Porterville is a city at the base of Southern Sierra Nevada mountains on the eastern side of San Joaquin Valley, in Tulare County, California, United States. It is part of the Visalia-Porterville metropolitan statistical area. Serving as the economic hub of the Southern Sierra, the Sequoia National Forest is nearby, offering outdoor recreational opportunities such as hiking, camping, and fishing. Since its incorporation in 1902, the city's population has grown as it annexed nearby unincorporated areas. The city population (not including East Porterville) was 62,623 at the 2020 census.
Porterville serves as a gateway to Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument and Kings Canyon National Park.
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