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Morro Bay
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city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- San Luis Obispo
- Incorporated
- July 17, 1964
- Named after
- Morro Rock
- Type
- Council–manager
- Body
- Morro Bay City Council
- Mayor
- Carla Wixom
- City manager
- John Craig
- Council members
- List • Cyndee Edwards • Jeff Eckles • Zara Landrum • Bill Luffee
- Assemblymember
- Dawn Addis ( D )
- State senator
- John Laird ( D )
- Total
- 10.32 sq mi (26.74 km )
- Land
- 5.33 sq mi (13.80 km )
- Water
- 5.00 sq mi (12.95 km ) 48.41%
- Elevation
- 62 ft (19 m)
- Density
- 2,019/sq mi (779.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00 ( PST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Morro Bay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- San Luis Obispo County
- Population
- 10757
- Area
- 26.733708
- Elevation
- 62
- Official website
- www.morro-bay.ca.us
- Image
- Morro Bay City 1.jpg
- Households
- 4836
- Dialing code
- 805
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- Commons category
- Morro Bay, California
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- postal code
- 93443
- water as percent of area
- 48.6271
- water area
- 12.999818
- per capita income
- 42579
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Encyclopedic overview
Morro Bay (Morro, Spanish for "Hill") is a seaside city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Located on the Central Coast of California, the city's population was 10,757 as of the 2020 census, up from 10,234 at the 2010 census. The town overlooks Morro Bay, a natural embayment with an all-weather, small-craft, commercial and recreational harbor.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morro Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.