census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
California Gold Rush
The California gold rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the U ...
and it prospered during the era of
hydraulic mining
Hydraulic mining is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment.Paul W. Thrush, ''A Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms'', US Bureau of Mines, 1968, p.560. In the placer mining of ...
Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...
who settled there in 1853 because he thought the site looked like
San Juan de Ulúa
San Juan de Ulúa, now known as Castle of San Juan de Ulúa, is a large complex of fortresses, prisons and one former palace on an island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico overlooking the seaport of Veracruz, Mexico. Juan de Grijalva' ...
near
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
. When the post office opened in 1857 "North" was added to distinguish it from
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
in
San Benito County
San Benito County (; ''San Benito'', Spanish for " St. Benedict"), officially the County of San Benito, is a county located in the Central Coast region of California. Situated in the California Coast Ranges, the county had a population of 64 ...
.
The community is also important to
Welsh-American
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history, as the first
eisteddfod
In Welsh culture, an ''eisteddfod'' is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music.
The term ''eisteddfod'', which is formed from the Welsh morphemes: , meaning 'sit', and , meaning 'be', means, a ...
in the
State of California
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Bardic name
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The Welsh language, Welsh term bardd ('poet') originally referred to the Welsh poets of the M ...
was "Cuhelyn", and took place in North San Juan on July 4th, 1860.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 2.4 square miles (6.3 km), all of it land.
Climate
According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
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system, North San Juan has a
warm-summer Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.
Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that North San Juan had a population of 245. The population density was . The racial makeup of North San Juan was 202 (82.4%)
White
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, 2 (0.8%)
African American
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Pacific Islander
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, 3 (1.2%) from other races, and 25 (10.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12 persons (4.9%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 120 households, out of which 30 (25.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 44 (36.7%) were married-couple households, 12 (10.0%) were
cohabiting
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couple households, 29 (24.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 35 (29.2%) had a male householder with no partner present. 43 households (35.8%) were one person, and 15 (12.5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.04. There were 68
families
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(56.7% of all households).
The age distribution was 37 people (15.1%) under the age of 18, 12 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 66 people (26.9%) aged 25 to 44, 61 people (24.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 69 people (28.2%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 47.6years. There were 149 males and 96 females.
There were 141 housing units at an average density of , of which 120 (85.1%) were occupied. Of these, 101 (84.2%) were owner-occupied, and 19 (15.8%) were occupied by renters.
Politics
In the
state legislature
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of ...
, North San Juan is in , and .
Federally, North San Juan is in .