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Also known as Escalon, California, Escalon, CA

city in San Joaquin County, California, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
California
County
San Joaquin
Incorporated
March 12, 1957
Mayor
Dave Bellinger
Senate
Jerry McNerney ( D )
Assembly
Heath Flora (R)
U s congress
Josh Harder ( D )
Total
2.34 sq mi (6.07 km )
Land
2.28 sq mi (5.90 km )
Water
0.066 sq mi (0.17 km ) 2.87%
Elevation
118 ft (36 m)
Density
3,280/sq mi (1,266.4/km )
Time zone
UTC-8 ( PST )
Summer dst
UTC-7 (PDT)
Fips code
06-22790
Website
www .cityofescalon .org

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

Escalon (Spanish: Escalón, meaning "Step") is a city in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 7,472 at the 2020 census, up from 7,132 at the 2010 census and 5,963 at the 2000 census. Escalon is a Spanish word meaning "stepping stones." Founder John Wheeler Jones is said to have come upon the name in a book in the Stockton Free Library and liked it so much that he gave it to the town.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Escalon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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