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71-704: Joseph Benjamin Dabney, born 1858 in Madison County, Iowa , was in California at the turn of the 20th century when interest was being awakened in the possibilities of drilling for oil. In 1900, E. J. (Emmor Jerome) Miley sold his fruit holdings and joined with Dabney in leasing a tract in the McKittrick district in the San Joaquin Valley . Ten oil wells were drilled the first year. In May 1901,

142-559: A lease, Lloyd felt betrayed. Subsequently, Lloyd and Dabney turned to the Associated Oil Company , another California major, offering an option in their "as yet unproven" part of the Ventura field. In February 1920, they and State Consolidated gave an option on 1,500 acres (6 km) to Associated Oil for $ 30,000. Associated gave them an additional $ 20,000 for materials and labor incurred in redrilling Lloyd No. 3 during

213-451: A population of 15,679 in the county, with a population density of 27.9413/sq mi (10.7882/km ). There were 6,554 housing units, of which 6,025 were occupied. As of the census of 2000, there were 14,019 people, 5,326 households, and 3,925 families in the county. The population density was 25 inhabitants per square mile (9.7/km ). There were 5,661 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile (3.9/km ). The racial makeup of

284-462: A population of 16,548 in the county, with a population density of 29.3556/sq mi (11.3343/km ). 95.99% of the population reported being of one race. 92.42% were non-Hispanic White, 0.30% were Black, 1.91% were Hispanic, 0.15% were Native American, 0.51% were Asian, 0.08% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 4.63% were some other race or more than one race. There were 6,913 housing units, of which 6,436 were occupied. The 2010 census recorded

355-433: A sailing ship ("goleta") was wrecked at the mouth of the lagoon, and remained visible for many years, giving the area its current name. After Mexico became independent of Spain in 1821, most of the former mission ranch lands were divided up into large grants. The Goleta area became part of two adjacent ranchos. To the east of today's Fairview Avenue was Rancho La Goleta , named for the shipwreck and granted to Daniel A. Hill ,

426-414: A shoreline town. Chilly days and warm nights are rare. The coldest maximum temperature on record is 45 °F (7 °C) in 1949 with the annual average between 1991 and 2020 being 54 °F (12 °C). The warmest night measured is a freak event of 81 °F (27 °C) during a heat snap in 1979, a full 10 °F (5.6 °C) warmer than the second warmest night on record. During a regular year,

497-553: A similarly insular Aztec settlement in Nayarit , Mexico. Franciscan missionary Juan Crespi , who accompanied the expedition, gave the towns the name 'Santa Margarita de Cortona'. The island retained the name Mescalitan Island (dropping the extra 'T' of the Aztec spelling), until it was bulldozed and flattened in 1941 to provide fill for the military airfield that is now Santa Barbara Airport (SBA). The Wastewater Treatment Plant of

568-425: A subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell , covering more than 9,000 acres. Lloyd and four other landowners in the area received the industry standard 12.5% royalty on leases. Dabney and Lloyd received an overriding royalty on each lease covered by the agreement. Lloyd thought he had an exclusive right to negotiate leases for Shell; Shell thought otherwise. When they went directly to Southern California Edison to negotiate

639-506: A trial, two of his friends from the oil business offered him $ 100/month for living expenses. He spent the next year honing his writing skills, and became a master of pulp fiction, turning the hard-boiled detective novel into an art form. Joseph B. Dabney was a trustee of California Institute of Technology . Dabney Hall of the Humanities, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dabney, is one of the four corner buildings of Caltech's central courtyard. It

710-423: Is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California , United States. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated populated area in the county . As of the 2000 census , the census-designated place (CDP) had a total population of 55,204. A significant portion of the census territory of 2000 did not include the newer portions of the city. The population of Goleta

781-462: Is based in Goleta. It is the parent company for UGG Australia , Teva , Sanuk , Ahnu and Hoka One One . Several technology sector businesses operate in the area due to the proximity to the university, including Raytheon , Lockheed Martin , Northrop Grumman , AppFolio , FLIR and InTouch . The Bacara Resort , located at the western edge of the city, also employs many residents. Following

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852-489: Is famous for being the county where John Wayne was born, and for a number of covered bridges . These bridges were featured in Robert James Waller 's 1992 novella The Bridges of Madison County , as well as the 1995 film and 2014 musical based on it. Madison County was formed on January 13, 1846. It has been self-governed since 1849. It was named after James Madison (1751–1836), the fourth President of

923-406: Is now) the city of Goleta, stretching as far north as Lake Los Carneros (adjacent to Stow House ). There were at least five native towns in the area, the largest being on an island in the middle of the lagoon. For that reason, expedition engineer Miguel Costanso called the group of towns 'Pueblos de la Isla', or 'towns of the island'. Some of the soldiers called the island town Mescaltitlan , after

994-643: Is water. The Goleta Valley is a coastal plain , approximately three miles (4.8 km) across, between the Santa Ynez Mountains , the principal mountain range of southern Santa Barbara County, and the Pacific Ocean . It consists of Holocene and Pleistocene alluvium , colluvium , estuarine deposits, as well as marine terraces created during interglacial high sea level episodes. The area has been subject to rapid geologic uplift, as evidenced by its coastal bluffs and narrow beaches. Between

1065-657: The El Camino Real , connecting the string of Spanish missions. An expedition in 1782, led by military governor Felipe de Neve , founded the Presidio of Santa Barbara and, soon thereafter, the Santa Barbara Mission . The Goleta area, along with most of the coastal areas of today's Santa Barbara County, was placed in the jurisdiction of the presidio and mission. Sometime after the De Anza expeditions,

1136-533: The Goleta Slough , not far from the present-day Santa Barbara Airport . The first known European visitor to the Goleta area was the mariner Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo , who spent time around the Channel Islands in 1542, and died there the following year. During the 1980s, the discovery of a 16th-century cannon on the beach led to the advancement of a theory that Sir Francis Drake sailed into

1207-646: The Sisquoc Formation , and the Santa Barbara Formation . This latter unit is the principal groundwater aquifer for the region, and its freshwater wells are protected from seawater intrusion by the uplift along the More Ranch Fault, which has placed relatively impermeable rock units between it and the ocean. Some of the underlying sedimentary units contain economically recoverable quantities of oil and gas. The Ellwood Oil Field

1278-513: The 19,954 households 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 22.5% of households were one person and 8.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.18. The age distribution was 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% 65 or older. The median age

1349-645: The City of Goleta. At the 2000 census there were 55,204 people, 19,954 households, and 13,468 families in the CDP. The population density was 2,102.1 inhabitants per square mile (811.6/km ). There were 20,442 housing units at an average density of 778.4 units per square mile (300.5 units/km ). The racial makeup of the CDP was 78.61% White, 1.27% African American, 0.82% Native American, 6.43% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 9.23% from other races, and 3.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.33%. Of

1420-722: The Dabney Oil Company was incorporated with capitalization of $ 1 million, and the two sold their holdings to the corporation. Frank H. Powers, partner in the law firm of Heller & Powers, with offices at Montgomery and Pine in San Francisco, California , became the secretary of Dabney Oil Company, Inc., at 330 Pine Street. In 1913, Miley, Dabney, and Ralph B. Lloyd formed the Hidalgo Oil Company to drill for oil in Simi Valley, California , near

1491-643: The Goleta Sanitary District is located on what used to be the island. Portola returned to San Diego via the same route in January 1770 , where he mounted a second expedition to Monterey that year. A second Spanish expedition came to the Santa Barbara area of Alta California in 1774 , led by Juan Bautista de Anza . De Anza returned the following year, and the road along the coast of Santa Barbara County (today's Highway 1 ) soon became

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1562-627: The Goleta Slough in 1579. Goleta is one of many alternative locations (and the one farthest south) proposed for Drake's " New Albion ", generally believed to be today's Drake's Bay , north of San Francisco . In 1602 , another sailing expedition, led by Sebastian Vizcaino , visited the California Coast . Vizcaino named the channel 'Santa Barbara'. Spanish ships, associated with the Manila Galleon trade, probably stopped in

1633-627: The Miley Petroleum Exploration Company, a subsidiary of the Miley Oil Company, and was sentenced to one year in jail. Raymond Chandler came to work for the Dabney Oil syndicate in 1922 as a bookkeeper and auditor in their Signal Hill (Los Angeles) office. He rose to office manager and vice-president, but was fired in 1932 for drinking, womanizing, and absenteeism. Because he had testified for them in

1704-486: The Republican Party in presidential elections. From 1880 to 1960, the county only failed to back the party's candidate in 1932 when Herbert Hoover was defeated in a national landslide for reelection by Franklin D. Roosevelt . The county was much more of a swing area between 1964 & 1996, voting for the national winner in every presidential election between 1964 & 2004 aside from 1988 when Michael Dukakis

1775-529: The United States (between 1809 and 1817). Hiram Hurst was the first European-American settler in Madison County, having come from Missouri about April 15, 1846. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 562 square miles (1,460 km ), of which 561 square miles (1,450 km ) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km ) (0.2%) is water. The 2020 census recorded

1846-490: The airport and established Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara on the site of the current airport and University of California, Santa Barbara , campus. After the war, Goleta Valley residents supported the construction of Lake Cachuma , which provided water, enabling a housing boom and the establishment of research and aerospace firms in the area. In 1954, the University of California, Santa Barbara , moved to part of

1917-433: The area which polled against incorporation prior to the 2002 election (this area was excluded from the city boundaries to facilitate approval of incorporation). There has been some discussion of annexation of this area (sometimes dubbed " Noleta ") by the city of Santa Barbara. In addition, the student community of Isla Vista directly to the south was excluded from the new city of Goleta. Whether or not to include Isla Vista

1988-450: The area, intermittently, over the following 167 years; no permanent settlements were established. The first land expedition to California, led by Gaspar de Portolà , spent several days in the area in 1769, on its way to Monterey Bay , and also spent the night of August 20 near a creek (possibly San Pedro Creek ) to the north of the Goleta estuary . At that time, the estuary was a very large, open-water lagoon that covered most of (what

2059-460: The area. Coyotes sometimes prey on small domestic pets. Skunks sometimes spray, and often fall prey to cars, owls, dogs, and coyotes. Raccoons can become neighborhood pests. Opossums commonly inhabit neighborhoods. Dogs and cats sometimes kill small animals. Monarch butterflies spend the winter in several eucalyptus groves on the Ellwood Mesa. Bears and mountain lions live in

2130-621: The area. The More Ranch Fault roughly follows a line along El Colegio Road, through the southern part of the airport, along Atascadero Creek, and then continues east into Santa Barbara as the Mission Ridge Fault Zone. Soils in Goleta are mostly well drained brown fine sandy loam of the Milpitas series. Underneath the alluvial units of the coastal plain are three prominent bedrock units: the Monterey Formation ,

2201-436: The city established an ambitious goal of supplying 100% of the city's municipal facilities and community-wide electricity supply with renewable power by 2030. The city also resolved to have at least 50% of electricity use by municipal facilities come from renewable sources by 2025. In 2019 the City adopted a Strategic Energy Plan as a roadmap on how to accomplish this, which includes switching to Central Coast Community Energy as

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2272-484: The city of Santa Barbara lobbied and obtained federal funding and passed a bond measure to formally develop an airport on the Goleta Slough. The necessity for an airport – or at least a military airfield – became more apparent after a Japanese submarine shelled the Ellwood Oil Field in 1942. This was one of the few direct-fire attacks on the U.S. continent during WWII . The Marine Corps undertook completion of

2343-581: The city's website. Goleta's cityhood was established through Measure H-2001 in the November 2001 election. At this time, the first five members of the City Council were also elected, and they officially began their terms on February 1, 2002. Thereafter, the city has held elections during the November general election on even years. Terms of the City Council are 4 years. Until 2018 the Mayor was selected by

2414-541: The coast (the coast runs east to west in this portion of southern California). Nearby is the Santa Barbara campus of the University of California and the student community of Isla Vista . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 26.4 square miles (68 km ), of which 26.3 square miles (68 km ) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km ) (0.38%)

2485-734: The completion of Associated's "Lloyd" No. 9-A. Royalties from production over the next few years made Dabney and Lloyd wealthy men. For instance, "Lloyd" No. 9-A generated $ 378,000 total production in its first two months alone. In April 1927, Dabney and several others incorporated the Goleta Oil Dome Company, capitalized at $ 1 million, for the purpose of exploring the Tecolote district in the Goleta area of south Santa Barbara County, California . Miley, too, searched for oil in this area as well. Indeed, his Miley Oil Company discovered

2556-564: The county was 98.57% White, 0.09% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 5,326 households 34.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.90% were married couples living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.30% were non-families. 22.70% of households were one person and 11.70% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size

2627-513: The default energy provider for its residences and businesses beginning in 2021. The city is currently moving forward with a contract to install solar panels in the parking lot of City Hall in 2021 and exploring future opportunities for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and a microgrid, which will provide increased resiliency in case of a power disruption. Goleta has several parks, including Stow Park, Girsh Park, Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park, Lake Los Carneros and Coronado Butterfly preserve,

2698-521: The first American resident of Santa Barbara. An 1840s diseño (claim map) of the rancho shows the wrecked ship. The parts of Goleta to the west of Fairview Avenue were in Rancho Dos Pueblos , granted in 1842 to Irish immigrant Nicholas Den, son-in-law of Daniel Hill. Rancho Dos Pueblos included the lagoon, airport, UCSB and Isla Vista , extending to the west as far as the eastern boundary of today's El Capitan State Beach . The Goleta Valley

2769-404: The first license for sales of recreational cannabis and began selling in January 2020. Companies must be licensed by the local agency and the state to grow, test, or sell cannabis and the city may authorize none or only some of these activities. Local governments may not prohibit adults, who are in compliance with state laws, from growing, using, or transporting marijuana for personal use. In 2017

2840-549: The flattest part of the Goleta Valley and the ocean is an area of uplift paralleling the shore which includes, from west to east, Isla Vista, Mescalitan Island, More Mesa, and the Hope Ranch Hills. The elevation of this block of land relative to Goleta Valley increases from 40 to 300 feet along this length. The uplift was caused by motion along the More Ranch Fault, one of the most geologically active faults in

2911-751: The following exceptions: Eli Cox built the Cutler-Donahoe Bridge, and J. P. Clark built the Imes Bridge. Madison County is home to the only highway tunnel in Iowa, Harmon Tunnel , through the neck of an incised meander of the Middle River in Pammel Park. The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of Madison County. † county seat For most of its history, Madison County has primarily supported

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2982-407: The foothills and mountains around the town, but are rarely seen by residents. Goleta has a mediterranean climate influenced by maritime winds from the Pacific Ocean with moderate average temperatures. Due to brief spells of winds from the interior, the warmest temperature on record is 109 °F (43 °C) and the coldest is 20 °F (−7 °C). That is a relatively large thermal span for

3053-428: The former Marine base. Along with the boom in aerospace, the character changed from rural-agricultural to high tech. Goleta remains a center for high-tech firms, and a bedroom community for neighboring Santa Barbara. Goleta was incorporated as a city in 2002 after several unsuccessful attempts. A significant urbanized area remains unincorporated between the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara , largely consisting of

3124-762: The largest overwintering grove of the Monarch butterfly , providing street access to the Ellwood Mesa Open Space on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean with beach access from UCSB. Goleta Beach County Park is just outside of the city limits. Historic sites include the Stow House and the South Coast Railroad Museum . Until 2018, the five city council members took turns as mayor. In November 2018, Paula Perotte

3195-412: The members of the City Council to serve a one-year term. In November 2016 voters approved Measure C-2016 which called for a directly elected Mayor with a term of two years, beginning in the next general election (2018). In November 2020 voters approved Measure O-2020 which changed the term of the Mayor from two years to four years. (*) Ed Easton stepped down in 2014, and Tony Vallejo was appointed to fill

3266-519: The mineral rights. It proved to be a wise decision. State Consolidated drilled three wells on this property and another on the adjacent Louis Hartman ranch, but Miley's drilling crews were unable to cope with the enormous gas pressures that they encountered. Indeed, one well blew out. Dabney and Lloyd decided to bring in a major company with the financial resources and technology to handle the area's difficult geology and steep terrain. On 12 June 1916, they signed an agreement with Shell Company of California,

3337-672: The minor Goleta field in February 1927. Rapid encroachment of water forced Miley and other operators to abandon their wells eighteen months later. Both Dabney and Miley were shut out of the much more lucrative Elwood field, which was discovered in June 1928 near the coast, due south of the Goleta field. Joseph Dabney died in 1932. In 1933, Miley pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the California Corporate Securities Act in connection with his promotion of

3408-468: The most lucrative in the field. [1] The lease also required that Associated drill so-called offset wells, to prevent draining from adjacent leases. This was part of the strategy of Dabney and Lloyd to develop the field in an "orderly" manner. Indeed, both Associated and Shell cooperated in maximizing the long-term output of the field, which to date has produced almost one billion barrels of crude oil. The breakthrough in production came in January 1925, with

3479-464: The occupied units 5,844 (53.6%) were owner-occupied and 5,059 (46.4%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.5%. 16,222 people (54.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 13,465 people (45.1%) lived in rental housing units. Demographic data for 2000 is for the Goleta CDP, the Goleta Valley area, which is approximately twice the size of

3550-431: The option period. When Associated took up the option, they paid another $ 200,000 for a lease that provided a 20% royalty and one-third of the oil produced, plus an additional 30% that started after Associated had recovered the $ 250,000 it had paid for option and lease, and ended after the 30% gave Dabney-Lloyd and State Consolidated $ 500,000. After that, Associated only paid a 20% royalty. The Lloyd lease proved to be one of

3621-432: The population were below the poverty line , including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over. The University of California, Santa Barbara , is the major center of economic activity in the area, both directly and through the numerous associated service industry activities which exist for the staff and students. Hispanic Business had its corporate headquarters in Goleta. Deckers Outdoor Corporation

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3692-620: The population) lived in households, 23 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 178 (0.6%) were institutionalized. There were 10,903 households, 3,416 (31.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,265 (48.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,069 (9.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 472 (4.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 659 (6.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 88 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 2,732 households (25.1%) were one person and 1,090 (10.0%) had someone living alone who

3763-431: The postal processing facility where she had been previously employed. The dead included Charlotte Colton, 44, Beverly Graham, 54, Ze Fairchild, 37, Maleka Higgins, 28, Nicola Grant, 42, Guadalupe Swartz, 52, and Dexter Shannon, 57. This incident is believed to be the deadliest workplace shooting ever carried out in the United States by a woman. Goleta is about 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Santa Barbara , along

3834-548: The present, uplifted rapidly since the Pliocene . Rapid uplift has given them their craggy, scenic character, and numerous landslides and debris flows, which form some of the urban and suburban lowland area, are testament to their geologically active nature. Covered by chaparral , the range exceeds 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in height to the northwest of Goleta, at Broadcast and Santa Ynez Peaks. Sundowner winds occur in both Goleta and Santa Barbara. Bobcats can also be seen in

3905-552: The ranch lands that lay on either side of the Ventura River and adjacent to the city of Ventura, California . Lloyd had attended the University of California , where his study of geology confirmed his belief that his family's ranch, and those around it, lay atop a vast oil pool . When Lewis Lloyd sold his 4,500 acres (18 km) of pasture that straddled the Ventura River in 1903, Lloyd convinced his father to retain

3976-855: The ranch owned by the Ventura Land & Water Company, the family firm of Lewis M. Lloyd and his children. At the time, Ralph B. Lloyd, one of the children, was operating the ranch, and persuaded Dabney and Miley to drill four wells in the area. All of them were dry or failed to sustain production. Miley and Dabney sold their interest in Hidalgo a year later. For his part, Miley would continue to drill wells for Dabney and Lloyd, as State Consolidated Oil Company. State Consolidated, formed by Miley and others in March 1911, and capitalized at $ 1.25 million, did rather well in Kern County, California , and by 1920

4047-630: The remainder of his term Most local students attend schools in the Goleta Union School District and the Santa Barbara Unified School District . There are also a host of smaller private schools. Several Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District bus lines run through the city. The main artery of the city is U.S. 101, with the major streets being Hollister Avenue and Cathedral Oaks Road. Other significant streets include Calle Real (which

4118-452: The statewide passage of Proposition 64 in 2016, the city began accepting retail applications on a first-come, first-served basis in August 2018. The City limits the number of recreational retail cannabis businesses to six. In November 2018, the voters of Goleta passed Measure Z-2018, establishing a tax on cannabis business operations within the city. A medical marijuana dispensary was issued

4189-535: The warmest night is at a mild 65 °F (18 °C). At the 2010 census Goleta had a population of 29,888. The population density was 3,747.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,447.1/km ). The racial makeup of Goleta was 20,833 (69.7%) White, 469 (1.6%) African American, 283 (0.9%) Native American, 2,728 (9.1%) Asian, 26 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 4,182 (14.0%) from other races, and 1,367 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9,824 persons (32.9%). The census reported that 29,687 people (99.3% of

4260-460: Was $ 48,289. Males had a median income of $ 31,126 versus $ 24,095 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 19,357. About 4.60% of families and 6.70% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.60% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over. There are six extant covered bridges in Madison County, of the original nineteen: The remaining covered bridges were designed by Harvey P. Jones and George K. Foster, with

4331-400: Was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.04. The age distribution was 27.10% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.10 males. The median household income was $ 41,845 and the median family income

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4402-573: Was 32,690 at the 2020 census . It is known for being close to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), campus. The area of present-day Goleta was populated for thousands of years by the Chumash people. Locally, they became known, by the Spanish, as Canaliños as they lived along the coast, adjacent to the Channel Islands . One of the largest villages, S'axpilil , was north of

4473-437: Was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males. The median household income was $ 60,314 and the median family income was $ 67,956 (these figures had risen to $ 69,242 and $ 81,862 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $ 44,770 versus $ 32,127 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 28,890. About 2.9% of families and 6.7% of

4544-588: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.72. There were 6,806 families (62.4% of households); the average family size was 3.23. The age distribution was 6,335 people (21.2%) under the age of 18, 3,790 people (12.7%) aged 18 to 24, 7,966 people (26.7%) aged 25 to 44, 7,749 people (25.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,048 people (13.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 36.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males. There were 11,473 housing units at an average density of 1,438.7 per square mile, of

4615-442: Was a prominent lemon-growing region during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was largely agricultural. Several areas, especially the Ellwood Mesa, were developed for oil and natural gas extraction . In the 1920s, aviation pioneers started using portions of the Goleta Slough that had silted-in due to agriculture to land and takeoff. As former tidelands , the title to these lands was unclear. Starting in 1940, boosters from

4686-500: Was a subject of debate during incorporation planning, including Goleta residents concerned about impacts on tax revenue and the voting patterns of students. A Local Agency Formation Commission report supported excluding Isla Vista because of differences in "community identity", but considered both including and excluding Isla Vista to be viable choices. On January 30, 2006, Jennifer San Marco shot and killed seven people, including six postal workers, before committing suicide at

4757-563: Was boosted to an inflated margin of victory statewide by a farm crisis. Since the start of the second millennium, Republicans have carried the county in every presidential election. Donald Trump also produced the county's strongest Republican presidential victory since 1952 in 2016, winning by a margin of over 30 percent. 41°20′N 94°01′W  /  41.33°N 94.01°W  / 41.33; -94.01 Goleta, California Goleta ( / ɡ ə ˈ l iː t ə / ; Spanish: [ɡoˈleta] ; Spanish for " schooner ")

4828-544: Was built in 1927. In 1928, the Dabneys gave $ 200,000 to build Dabney House , one of four new residence halls. Madison County, Iowa Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa . As of the 2020 census , the population was 16,548. The county seat is Winterset . Madison County is included in the Des Moines – West Des Moines , IA Metropolitan Statistical Area . Madison County

4899-445: Was elected to a two-year term as Mayor, defeating fellow council member Michael Bennett. This was the first election in City history where residents voted for Mayor as opposed to the Mayor being selected by City Council for a one-year term. The city council also serves as the planning agency. City council, planning commission, and design review board meetings are televised on the local government-access television channel and available on

4970-531: Was operating 33 producing wells there. Dabney would become one of the most prominent small operators of the Los Angeles basin with the discovery of oil at Signal Hill, California . Between his Dabney Oil corporation and his Joseph B. Dabney and Company partnership, he was operating 17 producing wells by 1920. Despite their lack of success in the Simi Valley, Ralph Lloyd convinced Dabney to lease much of

5041-564: Was worked beginning in the 1920s, with its onshore portions only being dismantled in the 1970s. The La Goleta Gas Field was formerly productive on the bluffs west of More Mesa, and is now used for gas storage by the Southern California Gas Company. The Santa Ynez Mountains form a scenic backdrop to Goleta. They consist of multiple layers of sandstone and conglomerate units dating from the Jurassic Age to

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