Greenfield
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city in Monterey County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Monterey
- Incorporated
- January 7, 1947
- Named after
- Edward Greenfield
- Mayor
- Robert White
- State senator
- John Laird ( D )
- Assemblymember
- Robert Rivas ( D )
- U s rep
- Zoe Lofgren ( D )
- Total
- 2.95 sq mi (7.6 km )
- Land
- 2.91 sq mi (7.5 km )
- Water
- 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km ) 1.29%
- Elevation
- 289 ft (88 m)
- Density
- 6,507.6/sq mi (2,512.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-30994
- Gnis feature ids
- 1660698 , 2410657
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Greenfield is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. Formerly Clarke Colony, it lies in the Salinas Valley, 3 miles (5km) east of Carmel Valley road , and 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Salinas, at an elevation of 289 feet (88 m). As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,937, up from 16,330 in the 2010 census. Its most well-known public event is the annual Harvest Festival. Greenfield is a member of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greenfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.