Modesto

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city

Modesto is a mid-sized city in California’s Central Valley known for its agricultural economy, historic connection to the railroads, and as the hometown setting inspiration for George Lucas’s film "American Graffiti."

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Modesto, California 3
Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area 2
Modesto, California, United States 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode 209 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeatOf Stanislaus County NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
transportation and logistics ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 27 m ⓘ
89 ft ⓘ
governingBody Modesto City Council ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAirport Modesto City–County Airport ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasCollege Modesto Junior College ⓘ
hasMotto "Water Wealth Contentment Health" ⓘ
hasNotablePerson George Lucas ⓘ
Jeremy Renner ⓘ
Tony Graziani ⓘ
hasSisterCity Aguascalientes ⓘ
surface form: Aguascalientes, Mexico

Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine ⓘ
Valladolid, Yucatán ⓘ
surface form: Valladolid, Mexico
hasSportsTeam Modesto Nuts ⓘ
hasUniversity California State University, Stanislaus ⓘ
surface form: California State University, Stanislaus (nearby in Turlock, serves region)
hasUTCOffset UTC−08:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−07:00 ⓘ
inception 1870 ⓘ
incorporated 1884 ⓘ
isSettingFor American Graffiti ⓘ
surface form: film "American Graffiti" (fictionalized)
knownFor agricultural economy ⓘ
being hometown of filmmaker George Lucas ⓘ
historic connection to the railroads ⓘ
inspiring the setting of the film "American Graffiti" ⓘ
locatedIn Central Valley ⓘ
Stanislaus County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tuolumne River ⓘ
namedAfter Modesto, California legend that name means "modest" in Spanish ⓘ
partOf San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
population approximately 218000 (2020 census) ⓘ
postalCodeRange 95350–95358 ⓘ
servedBy BNSF Railway ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
sportsTeamPlays baseball ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
traversedBy State Route 108 ⓘ
State Route 132 ⓘ
State Route 99 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State Route 99 → connectsCity → Modesto ⓘ
Central California → contains → Modesto ⓘ
Stanislaus County → countySeat → Modesto ⓘ
Tuolumne River → flowsThrough → Modesto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area
this entity surface form: Modesto metropolitan area
Stanislaus County → isPartOf → Modesto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area
this entity surface form: Modesto, California
this entity surface form: Modesto, California
Central Valley → majorCity → Modesto ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley → majorCity → Modesto ⓘ
George Lucas → placeOfBirth → Modesto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modesto, California, United States
Mark Spitz → placeOfBirth → Modesto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modesto, California, United States
this entity surface form: Modesto, California