Pismo Beach
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pismo Beach, California, El Pizmo, Pismo, Pismo Beach, CA
city of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- San Luis Obispo
- Incorporated
- April 25, 1946
- Named after
- Tar
- Type
- Council–manager
- Body
- Pismo Beach City Council
- Mayor
- Ed Waage
- City manager
- Jorge E. Garcia
- Council members
- List • Mayor Pro Tempore :, Mary Ann Reiss • Marcia Guthrie • Stacy Inman • Scott Newton
- Assemblymember
- Dawn Addis ( D )
- State senator
- John Laird ( D )
- Total
- 13.37 sq mi (34.64 km )
- Land
- 3.50 sq mi (9.06 km )
- Water
- 9.88 sq mi (25.58 km ) 73.29%
- Elevation
- 56 ft (17 m)
- Density
- 2,310/sq mi (891/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Pismo Beach
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- San Luis Obispo County
- Population
- 8072
- Area
- 34.90419
- Elevation
- 56
- Official website
- www.pismobeach.org
- Image
- Pismo.jpg
- Households
- 4149
- Dialing code
- 805
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Pismo Beach, California
- postal code
- 93449
- inception
- 1946-04-25
- water as percent of area
- 73.2932
- P8168
- GLN
- water area
- 25.582387
- per capita income
- 61673
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Pismo Beach (Chumash: Pismuʔ) is a city in the southern portion of San Luis Obispo County, in the Central Coast area of California, United States. Its estimated population was 8,072 at the 2020 census, up from 7,655 at the 2010 census. The Pismo clam was named for the long, wide beach where they were once found in abundance.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pismo Beach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.