Modesto
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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."
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modesto, California | 3 |
| Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area | 2 |
| Modesto, California, United States | 2 |
| Modesto metropolitan area | 1 |
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 ⓘ |
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Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Modesto metropolitan area
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Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Modesto, California
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Modesto, California
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Modesto, California, United States
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Modesto, California, United States
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Modesto, California