Back ويستمينستير (كاليفورنيا) Arabic ويستمينستير (كاليفورنيا) ARZ وست مینستر، کالیفورنیا AZB Уестминстър (Калифорния) Bulgarian Westminster (Califòrnia) Catalan Вестминстер (Калифорни) CE Westminster (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, California) CEB Westminster (Kalifornien) German Westminster (Kalifornio) Esperanto Westminster (California) Spanish
Westminster, California | |
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 Westminster City Hall, Tet 2024 | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: "The City of Progress Built on Pride."[2] | |
 Location of Westminster within Orange County, California. | |
  Westminster, California Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 33°45′5″N 117°59′38″W / 33.75139°N 117.99389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Orange[1] |
| Incorporated (city) | March 27, 1957[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Chi Charlie Nguyen |
| • Vice Mayor | NamQuan Nguyen |
| • City council[5] |
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| • City manager | Eddie Manfro[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.04 sq mi (26.00 km2) |
| • Land | 10.04 sq mi (26.00 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 90,911 |
| • Rank | 90th in California (2020) |
| • Density | 9,100/sq mi (3,500/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 92683–92685 |
| Area codes | 657/714 |
| FIPS code | 06-84550 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652811, 2412236 |
| Website | www |
Westminster is a city in western Orange County, California, United States. Westminster was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian temperance colony and was incorporated in 1957.
Westminster is bordered by the city of Seal Beach on the west, by Garden Grove on the north and east, and by Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley on the south. Santa Ana, the county seat of Orange County, is east of Westminster.
Westminster has one of the largest Vietnamese populations in the US. They settled largely in Little Saigon,[7] and the city is known as the "capital" of overseas Vietnamese with 39,799 Vietnamese Americans, or 43.8% of the total population, as of the 2020 United States Census.[8]
In the court case Mendez v. Westminster (1947), a Hispanic man sued the Westminster School District for forcing his daughter, Sylvia Mendez, to attend a school for Mexican children. They eventually won and thus began the process of desegregation. Sylvia Mendez was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on February 15, 2011.
Westminster won the All-America City Award in 1996.[9]
- ^ a b "Westminster". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^ "Westminster, California". Retrieved November 3, 2008.
- ^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ^ "City Manager". City of Westminster. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- ^ "Mayor and City Council Members". City of Westminster. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "History of Westminster". City of Westminster. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "Census Bureau Tables - T01001: Total Population". Census.gov. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
- ^ "AAC Winners by State and City". National Civic League. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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