Modesto, California

The Modesto Arch displays the city's motto: "Water Wealth Contentment Health."

Modesto (Spanish for "modest")[1] is the county seat and largest city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.[2] As of 2020, 218,464 people lived in Modesto.[3]

Modesto is in the Central Valley. It is on the Tuolumne River and near the Stanislaus River.

The nation's largest winery, E & J Gallo Winery, is in Modesto.[4]

Modesto is the 18th largest city in California, and the 103rd largest city in the United States.

  1. Historic Spots in California, Third Edition. Stanford University Press. p. 539. ISBN 978-0804740203.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. "QuickFacts: Modesto city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  4. "Amelia Franzia Gallo; Wine Maker's Wife, 83". Obituary. The New York Times. December 25, 1993. Retrieved 2012-11-02. She began working as secretary and janitor in the fledgling Gallo family business shortly after Ernest and Julio Gallo started the E. & J. Gallo Winery in Modesto in 1933. Today, the company is the nation's largest winery, with more than a quarter of the American wine market.

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