Stockton, California

Stockton is a city in California, United States, and the county seat of San Joaquin County, with 320,804 residents at the 2020 census, making it the most populous city in the county and the 11th most populous in the state. It was founded in 1849 by Charles Maria Weber during the California Gold Rush on land he acquired as Rancho Campo de los Franceses, and it is named for Commodore Robert F. Stockton, making it the first California community named for someone other than a Spanish or Native American namesake. Located on the San Joaquin River in California's Central Valley, Stockton developed as a logistics and commercial hub after the introduction of irrigation, rail connections, and the 1933 opening of the Port of Stockton, and it is home to the University of the Pacific, chartered in 1851. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/