San Joaquin City, California

San Joaquin City
Former settlement
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CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySan Joaquin County
Reference no.777[1]

San Joaquin City (Spanish: San Joaquín, meaning "St. Joachim") is a former settlement in San Joaquin County, California. It was established in 1849, during the California Gold Rush.[2] It was located on the west bank of the San Joaquin River just below the point where Airport Way (formerly Durham Ferry Road) crosses the river today. It was an important settlement along the old River Road (now Kasson Road in San Joaquin County) between Banta and Grayson's Ferry (now the community of Grayson in Stanislaus County.[3]

  1. ^ "San Joaquin City". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "San Joaquin City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Earle E. Williams (April 1973). "Tales of Old San Joaquin City" (PDF). San Joaquin Historian. Vol. IX, no. 2. San Joaquin County Historical Society. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2020.