Hilmar, California
Hilmar, California
Hilmar-Irwin | |
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  Hilmar, California Location in California  Hilmar, California Hilmar, California (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°24′31″N 120°51′01″W / 37.40861°N 120.85028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Merced County |
| Area <ref> U.S. Census Bureau </ref> | |
• Total | 3.900 sq mi (10.101 km2) |
| Elevation | 92 ft (28.0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,164 |
Hilmar is township in Merced County, California.[1] It is located 4.25 miles (6.8 km) west-southwest of Delhi.[2] Spanning 3.9 sq mi (10 km2) and at an elevation of 22 ft (6.7 m) above sea level.[1] For census purposes, Hilmar is aggregated with a nearby community into the census-designated place Hilmar-Irwin, California, and has 5,164 residents as of the 2020 census.[3] Hilmar began as a colony of Swedish immigrants in 1917.[2] The first post office opened in 1920.[2] It is the home of the Hilmar Cheese Company which was founded in 1984 and began production in 1985.[4] Hilmar has four schools within its district, Elim Elementary, Hilmar Middle School, Hilmar High School, and Irwin Continuation School.
Residents refer to the agricultural area as "Country Living at Its Best", and for people living outside the community, it is referred to as "100 Miles to Anywhere".[5]
Hilmar has the 14th largest community of Portuguese-American people, by percentage of population.[6] In support of the Portuguese population, there is a Portuguese bakery and fish market, and the high school has a Portuguese club, S.E.C.A., and teaches the Portuguese language.
Hilmar was the southernmost station of the Tidewater Southern Railway. The line terminating in the town was considered the main line of the railroad and was projected to continue south toward Fresno or Bakersfield until the mid-1930s. The line into Hilmar was abandoned in the late 1950s.
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hilmar, California
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 782. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ United States Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/dashboard/hilmarirwincdpcalifornia/PST045219.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "About Us". Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ "Country Living At Its Best". Hilmar Chamber of Commerce.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cities with the Highest Percentage of Portuguese in the United States". Zip Atlas.
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