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Ceres
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city in Stanislaus County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States of America
- State
- California
- County
- Stanislaus
- Incorporated
- February 26, 1918
- Named after
- Ceres
- Mayor
- Javier Lopez
- Total
- 9.51 sq mi (24.62 km )
- Land
- 9.50 sq mi (24.60 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km ) 0.06%
- Elevation
- 92 ft (28 m)
- Density
- 5,190/sq mi (2,004/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-12524
- Gnis feature ids
- 1655882 , 2409430
- Website
- www .ceres .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ceres is a city in Stanislaus County, California. Its population was 49,302 at the 2020 U.S. census, up from 45,417 at the 2010 U.S. census. It is part of the Modesto metropolitan statistical area.
Ceres is located in the San Joaquin Valley along State Route 99, south of Modesto and north of Turlock in Stanislaus County. Ceres is named after the Roman goddess of agriculture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ceres” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.