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Lompoc is a
Chumash word which means little lake or lagoon
It's the original location of the Mission La Concepcion
Purisima De Maria Santisima which brought in the first
Europeans.
In August of 1874 land was purchased here for the establishment
of a temperance colony. Hoping to get away from the influences
of alchohol, I wonder what they would have thought of
all the wineries in the area.
This area saw another small population influx for a short
time during the Gold Rush when gold was found on the local
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By
1901 a railroad line had been laid into town and opened
the area commercially. This area is well known for the
flowers raised as seed stock. A great photo of an American
Flag made from flowers is floating around the Internet
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Artesia School
Founded in 1876 and was used through 1961 |
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This town is now centered on the Air
Force and local agriculture. Surprisingly large for
an out-of-the-way town like this, you can see the imprint
Vandenberg AFB has had. Places like the Missile trailer
court. The McDonalds has a large mural of an astronaut.
But head out Central and you're soon
surrounded by fields, still green with producelate in
the year.
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US Census Figures
Population: 41,103
Male: 53.1%
Median Age: 32.2
Average Family Size: 3.42
Total Housing Units: 13,621
MEdian Rent: 639
Median household income: 37,587
Families below poverty level: 12.6% |
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