Merced (;
Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the
county seat
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of,
Merced County,
California
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,
United States
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, in the
San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 86,333,
up from 78,958 in 2010. Incorporated on April 1, 1889, Merced is a
charter city that operates under a
council–manager government. It is named after the
Merced River
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, which flows nearby.
Merced, known as the "Gateway to
Yosemite", is less than two hours by automobile from
Yosemite National Park to the east and
Monterey Bay, the Pacific Ocean, and multiple beaches to the west. The community is served by the passenger rail service
Amtrak, a minor, heavily subsidized airline through
Merced Regional Airport
Merced Regional Airport (MacReady Field) is located southwest of Merced, in Merced County, California. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a ''Commercial Service – Nonprimary'' airport. Commerci ...
, and three bus lines. It is approximately from
Sacramento
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, from
San Francisco
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, from
Fresno, and from
Los Angeles
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.
In 2005, the city became home to the 10th
University of California campus,
University of California, Merced (UC Merced), the first research university built in the U.S. in the 21st century.
History
The first Merced post office opened in 1870.
Merced incorporated in 1889
and now operates under the council-manager form of government.
During
World War II
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, the
Merced County fairgrounds
The Merced County Fairgrounds are home to the annual Merced County Fair, the county fair of Merced County, California. The Merced County Fair was first held on September 2, 1891. The first fair was held on 18th Street in Merced and was a joint ...
were the site of a temporary "
assembly center" where Japanese Americans were detained after being
removed from their West Coast homes under
Executive Order 9066. 4,669 men, women and children from central
California
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(with most coming from Merced County) were confined in the Merced Assembly Center from May 6 to September 15, 1942, when they were transferred to the more permanent
Granada internment camp in Colorado.
Since 2005, Merced has been home to the University of California, Merced. Current recreational opportunities in the city include
Regal Cinemas
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, Oh Wow Nickel Arcade, Rollerland, The
Castle Air Museum,
zoo a skate park and basketball court in Applegate park,
The Mainzer Theater which is known for its historic and architectural value, the
County Courthouse Museum circa 1889, th
Merced Multicultural Arts Centerand the
County Library. Merced has several shopping areas including th
Merced Mall anchored by
Target
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Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, fi ...
,
JCPenney and
Kohl's, a strip mall located on the city's northwest side which includes
Barnes & Noble,
Lowe's,
Walmart, and a few restaurants. Merced's Main Street contains a movie theater, a music store, a shoe cobbler and other assorted shops.
Also within a short distance from the city limits are the
Castle Air Museum,
Lake Yosemite, and Merced Falls. The city of Merced along with its surrounding cities are serviced by the ''
Merced Sun-Star
The ''Merced Sun-Star'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper printed in Merced, California, in the United States. It has an estimated circulation of 20,000 copies. The newspaper is published every day except for Sundays.
History
The ''Merced Sun-Star ...
'' and the ''
Merced County Times''. The ''
Merced Sun-Star
The ''Merced Sun-Star'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper printed in Merced, California, in the United States. It has an estimated circulation of 20,000 copies. The newspaper is published every day except for Sundays.
History
The ''Merced Sun-Star ...
'' daily newspaper has a circulation of 14,219 daily and 18,569 Saturday in the Merced area. The paper was sold to U.S. Media in 1985 and was acquired by The McClatchy Company in January 2004:Single-Copy Sales: 2,522 daily and 2,952 Saturday.
Homes at the median level in Merced had lost 62% of their value from the second quarter of 2006, when they peaked at $336,743, the biggest drop anywhere in the country, according to data provided to Forbes by Local Market Monitor, a Cary, North-Carolina-based real-estate research firm. Home prices have since rebounded, with the median sale price in April 2018 at $247,000. The current average being $358,000. Terry Ruscoe of Merced-Yosemite Realty, noted investors from outside of the Valley were helping to drive up home prices. Ruscoe said, "A tremendous amount of out-of-town buyers. Our primary client comes from the LA area or the Bay Area. We see a lot of them coming in and buying properties, even coming in now when the prices are moving up quickly because they know they can rent those."
The metro area went to a 14.2% unemployment rate in December 2013. Having since recovered to a rate of 8.7% in April 2018. Some efforts have been directed towards diversifying its economy and are showing a lowering trend in the overall unemployment rate, according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
During the
Great Recession Merced suffered one of the greatest property price collapses in the country and house prices at the end of 2009 had fallen to 1998 levels, according to
Zillow
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, making housing affordable compared to many other California locations.
The economy has traditionally relied upon
agribusiness and upon the presence of
Castle Air Force Base. Over the past twenty years, more diversified industry has entered the area, including printing, fiberglass boat building, warehousing and distribution, and packaging industries.
In September 1995, Castle Air Force Base closed after phasing down over the previous three years. This affected residential real estate and some sectors of the retail and service economies, but overall retail continued to increase. Industrial development is increasing in the area. It is now known as the
Castle Airport Aviation and Development Center. The Castle Air Museum remains at the site.
Transportation
Major highways
*
State Route 59
*
State Route 99
*
State Route 140
Air
*
Merced Regional Airport
Merced Regional Airport (MacReady Field) is located southwest of Merced, in Merced County, California. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a ''Commercial Service – Nonprimary'' airport. Commerci ...
offers passenger service provided by
Advanced Air, offering daily flights to Las Vegas International Airport (LAS) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX.)
*
Castle Airport
Castle Airport is a public airport in unincorporated Merced County, California, northwest of Merced. The airport is operated by the Merced County Department of Commerce, Aviation, and Economic Development. It is owned jointly by the city of Me ...
in nearby
Atwater, California
Atwater is a city on State Route 99 in Merced County, California, United States. Atwater is west-northwest of Merced, at an elevation of . The population as of the 2020 census was 31,970, up from 28,168 in 2010.
Geography
Atwater is in northe ...
.
Bus
*
Greyhound,
Intercalifornias,
TUFESA and Fronteras del Norte serve Merced.
*
YARTS provides scheduled service into
Yosemite National Park.
*
Merced County Transit, "The Bus", operates both regularly scheduled fixed route bus service and Dial-A-Ride (demand response) transportation services throughout Merced County.
* CatTracks is
UC Merced's bus service, which connects students, staff and faculty at the university to off-campus apartments, the off-campus Castle facilities, local amenities, the Amtrak station, and the downtown area. CatTracks also has a live map.
Rail
*
Amtrak San Joaquin provides passenger service.
High-speed rail
The California High-Speed Rail Authority February 2016 draft business plan, outlined the Merced station as not beginning service at the same time as the initial
San Jose to
Bakersfield
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route in 2025, but would likely open in 2029 instead. This would make the leg between the Central Valley and
Pacheco Pass the first to be constructed. The Merced City Council vigorously opposed the delay in their city's station opening, noting Merced's volume of commuters seeking high-speed rail to access jobs in Silicon Valley. In response, the April 2016 revisions to the business plan indeed included Merced in the initial construction segment, initially as a single-track spur connecting only to the westbound track to the Bay Area, with build out of the full Wye happening later. The system will run from San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin in under three hours at speeds capable of over 200 miles per hour. In August 2022, the CAHSRA announced that it had received a $25,000,000 RAISE Grant to advance design work from Madera to Merced.
Sample trips in the California High Speed rail would include:
* Merced to
Fresno - 30 minutes
* Merced to
Sacramento
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– 43 minutes
* Merced to
San Jose – 45 minutes
* Merced to
San Francisco
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– 1 hour and 15 minutes
* Merced to
Los Angeles
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– 1 hour and 40 minutes
Altamont Corridor Express Extension
The
ACE regional rail system is pursuing an extension to Merced as a part of its broader Altamont Corridor Vision plan. The Final Environmental Impact Report for the Ceres-Merced extension was approved on December 3, 2021.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of .
Merced is approximately southeast of San Francisco and northwest of Los Angeles.
A major groundwater plume containing the contaminant
PCE was discovered in Merced in 1987. Subsequently, drilling of new water wells was severely restricted.
Climate
Merced has a
semi-arid climate, with its annual precipitation falling just short of a
mediterranean climate. The city features very hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. There are an average of 99.7 days with highs of or higher and an average of 27.8 days with lows of or lower. The record highest temperature of was recorded on September 6, 2022. The record lowest temperature of was recorded on December 24, 1990.
The wettest year was 1998 with and the driest year was 2013 with . The most rainfall in one month was in January 1909. The most rainfall in 24 hours was , which occurred on January 30, 1911, and March 9, 1911.
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Economy
Top employers
According to the city's Official Website the top employers in the city are:
In the summer of 2014, the Castle Commerce Center's call center closed, subtracting 400 jobs from AT&T's share of employment.
Agriculture
Merced is ranked as the sixth-top producing county in California. In 2019, Merced County generated $3.271 billion in total value of production. The top five commodities from 2019 in Merced are:
Education
Merced is home to a community college, Merced College and the University of California Merced. UC Merced now enrolls 8,321 undergraduate and 772 graduate students for a total of 9,093 students, as reported in the university's fall 2021 census. Of the 2021-2022 undergraduate degrees awarded, the top degrees were: 19% Biological Sciences, 16% Psychology, 11% Management, and 10% Computer Science Engineering. The
University of California, Merced campus opened in late 2005 northeast of the city limits. UC Merced enrolled about 7,967 students during the 2017–2018 academic year. Merced is served by the
Merced City School District, which has five main middle schools, Cruickshank Middle School, Herbert Hoover Middle School, Rivera Middle School, Weaver Middle School and Tenaya Middle School. There are also 14 elementary schools in this district.
Merced Union High School District
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has three major public high school campuses,
Merced High School,
Golden Valley High School, and El Capitan High School as well as a few smaller campuses offering alternative education. Merced's community college,
Merced College, has an enrollment of 8,996 students as of January 2021.
Health
Mercy Medical Center Merced. A 201
Community Health Assessmentprepared by the Merced County Department of Public Health (MCDPH), determined that top health topics that affect Merced and Merced county are heart disease and stroke; diabetes; access to health care; and drug and alcohol abuse. In 2017 the MCDPH published th
Merced County Community Health Improvement Planin an effort to "address health disparities and to promote health equity with the goal of health and wellness for all county residents."
Demographics
2020
The Decennial Census of Population and Housing reported that the population in 2021 was 89,308.
In 2021, the average income of an individual was $21,518, and for a household $49,973.
2010
The
2010 United States Census
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reported that Merced had a population of 78,959. The
population density was 3,386.4 people per square mile. (1,307.5/km
2). The racial makeup of Merced was 41,177 (52.1%)
White
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, 4,958 (6.3%)
African American, 1,153 (1.5%)
Native American, 9,342 (11.8%)
Asian, 174 (0.2%)
Pacific Islander, 17,804 (22.5%) from
other races, and 4,350 (5.5%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race were 39,140 persons (49.6%).
The Census reported that 77,878 people (98.6% of the population) lived in households, 492 (0.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 588 (0.7%) were institutionalized.
There were 24,899 households, out of which 11,484 (46.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 10,958 (44.0%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 4,921 (19.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,941 (7.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,156 (8.7%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 167 (0.7%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 5,356 households (21.5%) were made up of individuals, and 1,823 (7.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.13. There were 17,820
families (71.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.65.
The population was spread out, with 25,091 people (31.8%) under the age of 18, 10,475 people (13.3%) aged 18 to 24, 20,986 people (26.6%) aged 25 to 44, 15,484 people (19.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,922 people (8.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.
There were 27,446 housing units at an average density of , of which 10,637 (42.7%) were owner-occupied, and 14,262 (57.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.5%. 31,690 people (40.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 46,188 people (58.5%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the census
of 2000,
there were 63,893 people, 20,435 households, and 14,631 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 21,532 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 57.4%
White
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, 6.3%
African American, 1.3%
Native American, 12.4%
Asian (mostly Hmong), 0.2%
Pacific Islander, 23.2% from
other races, and 5.2% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race were 26.4% of the population.
There were 20,435 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% contained married couples living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were "nonfamilies." 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.62.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 34.7% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $30,429, and the median income for a family was $32,470. Males had a median income of $31,725 versus $24,492 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,115. About 22.4% of families and 27.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.9% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.
Hmong community
Escaping persecution from Communist forces after the
Laotian Civil War,
Hmong refugees from
Laos moved to the United States in the 1970s and '80s, first settling in Merced and other areas in the
Central Valley of California
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.
[Reiter, Carol.]
Hmong seeking life in Merced, Ca
." ''Merced Sun-Star
The ''Merced Sun-Star'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper printed in Merced, California, in the United States. It has an estimated circulation of 20,000 copies. The newspaper is published every day except for Sundays.
History
The ''Merced Sun-Star ...
'' at ''Suab Hmong Radio''. January 29, 2008. Retrieved on September 20, 2010. The Hmong could not initially take part in farming like they had expected, as the land was owned by other people.
They could not get high end agricultural jobs because they did not speak sufficient English and
Mexican migrants already held low end agricultural jobs. As such, a great many of Merced's Hmong collected social services and Hmong
gangs arose, prompting other residents to perceive them as being the cause of economic troubles.
As the Hmong settlement matured and the Hmong children gained English language skills, the town's overall attitude began to be more accepting of the Hmong community.
This acceptance is reflected in various services provided to the Hmong community. This includes the Merced Lao Family Community Inc., a
nonprofit organization that provides social services to Hmong people,
the Merced Department of Public Health's MATCH (Multidisciplinary Approach to Cross-Cultural Health) program, intending to draw Hmong patients into the health care system,
a body of Hmong-speaking faculty and paraprofessionals (including college classes on Hmong culture and language),
and media outlets for the Hmong community—cable television channel Channel 11 broadcasts programming to the Hmong community twice per week and radio station
KBIF 900 AM airs programming oriented towards Hmong people.
While Merced has historically had a proportionally large portion of Hmong (in 1997, 12,000 of Merced's 61,000 residents were Hmong
), demographic shifts have reduced this. The
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 prompted a move of some Hmong to
Minnesota
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,
North Carolina
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, and
Wisconsin
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. More recently, many Hmong have gone to Alaska to work in crabbing and fishing industries that require little proficiency in English.
Racial demographics
In 2010,
Latinos became a majority population in Merced and
Merced County as the agricultural industry brought in migrant farm laborers. The area's affordable housing prices attracted both Latino and
Asia
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n immigrants. Merced has large
Asian-American (e.g. Hmong, followed by
Chinese,
Vietnamese,
Laotian,
Cambodian,
Filipino,
Thai, Korean and
Asian Indian) populations relative to the city and county's population size.
Crime
In 2021, Merced, California had approximately 4,000 violent crimes occur within the city. This means that with a population of 89,303 people in 2021 you had approximately a 4.5% chance of being a victim of crime while living in Merced. Of the crimes that occurred roughly 1200 of the crimes where crimes against people and 2500 crimes were crimes against property. The crimes occurring in 2021 resulted in 13 fatalities. With the high crime rate occurring Merced, Merced is considered one of the 50 most dangerous cities to live in California.
Government
In the
California State Legislature, Merced is in , and in .
[
In the ]United States House of Representatives
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, Merced is in .
Sports
*UC Merced Bobcats: softball and other athletic programs. Merced High School and Golden Valley High School sponsor athletics as well.
Merced has a history of minor league baseball
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including the California League Merced Bears (1940s) and Atwater Angels (1970s) in nearby Atwater, California
Atwater is a city on State Route 99 in Merced County, California, United States. Atwater is west-northwest of Merced, at an elevation of . The population as of the 2020 census was 31,970, up from 28,168 in 2010.
Geography
Atwater is in northe ...
. There were the defunct Merced Black Bears of the Horizon Air Summer Series and the current Atwater Aviators of the Golden State Collegiate Baseball League.
Notable people
* Lloyd Allen, MLB pitcher
* Ray Allen, NBA player
* Jeff Ball, MLB player
* Summer Bartholomew
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Her first pageant experience came in 1973 when she won the Miss Heineken tit ...
, Miss California USA 1975, Miss USA 1975
* Michael Basinger, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
* Bruce Bowen, NBA player for the San Antonio Spurs
* Jim Brewer, MLB pitcher
* Tom Cable, NFL player and coach, former head coach of Oakland Raiders
* Diana Serra Cary
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, child actress known as "Baby Peggy", writer, silent film historian and advocate for child actors
* Alfonso Ocampo Chavez, MLS player for Seattle Sounders FC
* Margaret Dingeldein, member of women's US Olympic water polo team at 2004 Athens Olympics
* Tommy Duncan, singer with Bob Wills and Texas Playboys, buried in Merced
* Marvin Eastman, mixed martial arts
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fighter
* Doug Fister, MLB player for the Washington Nationals
* John Flinn
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, MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles
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and Milwaukee Brewers
* Dylan Floro, MLB player for the Miami Marlins
* Brian Fuentes
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, MLB player for six teams
* Katie Gallagher, finalist on reality television show '' Survivor: Palau''
* Jerry Garvin
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, MLB pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
* Jalen Green
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, NBA player for the Houston Rockets, selected 2nd overall in the 2021 Draft
* Dave Henderson, MLB player for five teams
* Salar Kamangar, Former CEO of YouTube
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, founding member of Google
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's product team
* Philip H. Lathrop
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Routledge, Chris. "Lathrop, Philip H." ...
, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated cinematographer
* Janet Leigh, actress, star of '' Psycho'' (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock
* Gerald Madkins, NBA player and executive
* Blas Minor, MLB pitcher
* Bill Mooneyham
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Mooneyham attended Merced College. He was originally drafted in 1980 Major League Baseball dr ...
, MLB player for the Oakland Athletics
* Demi Moore, actress, lived briefly in Merced
* Dwayne Murphy
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During much of his time in Oakland, Murphy batted second in t ...
, MLB player for the Oakland Athletics
* Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School professor, and public intellectual
* Curtis Partch, MLB player for the Cincinnati Reds
* Mari-Lynn Poskin, member of the Kansas House of Representatives
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* Chris Pritchett, MLB player
* Peter Rojas, Founder of Engadget
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* Dusty Ryan, MLB player for the New York Mets
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* Daniel Silva, best-selling novelist
* Tony Slaton
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, NFL player for the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys
* Cary Stayner
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, serial killer
* Steven Stayner, kidnap victim
* Rowena Granice Steele (1824–1901), American performer, editor, publisher
* Joyce Sumbi (1935-2010), African-American librarian
* Thad Tillotson, MLB player for the New York Yankees
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* Rick Williams, MLB pitcher for the Houston Astros[
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See also
* Merced County, California
* California Historical Landmarks in Merced County
References and notes
External links
*
UC Merced
''The Merced Sun-Star''
''The Merced County Times''
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1889 establishments in California
Cities in Merced County, California
County seats in California
Incorporated cities and towns in California
Populated places established in 1889