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The City is located on Highway 33, along the Interstate 5 corridor, 280 miles north of Los Angeles, 92 miles south of Sacramento, 89 miles southeast of San Francisco and 45 miles southeast of Livermore.
The City of Patterson and surrounding Stanislaus County area averages 12.0 inches of rainfall annually. Temperatures range from an average low of 38° F in the winter to an average high in the upper 90's during summer months. Spring and fall are mild with an average high in the low 80's.
Pattersonites take great pride in the historical roots of their community. The history of Patterson begins with the measuring of the Rancho Del Puerto and the subsequent grant of the land to Mariano and Pedro Hernandez on January 30, 1844 by Manuel Micheltoreno, then Governor of the Californias. This Mexican Land Grant was for acreage stretching east of the present day Highway 33 to the San Joaquin River. The northern boundary was Del Puerto Creek and the southern boundary was just south of present day Marshall Road.
Samuel G. Reed and Ruben S. Wade made claim to the land on January 7, 1855. A patent encompassing the land grant was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. Reed and Wade received title to 13,340 acres on August 15, 1864. Reed and Wade then sold the grant to J. O. Eldredge on June 18, 1866 for $5,000. Mr. Eldredge held title for only two months before selling it to John D. Patterson on August 14, 1866 for $5,400.
John D. Patterson purchased additional land, and upon his death on March 7, 1902, a total of 18,462 acres were willed to Thomas W. Patterson and William W. Patterson, his estate executors, and other heirs. The land was sold to the Patterson Ranch Company on May 16, 1908 for the sum of $540,000 cash gold coin.
Thomas W. Patterson subdivided the land into ranches of various sizes and plotted the design of the town of Patterson. Determined to make Patterson different from most, he modeled his town after the Cities of Washington D.C. and Paris, France, using a series of circles and radiating streets. Major streets were planted with Palms, Eucalyptus and Sycamore trees.
The Patterson Colony map was filed with the Stanislaus County Recorders office on December 13, 1909. Sales of the ranch properties and city lots commenced. Patterson was the third city in Stanislaus County to incorporate on December 22, 1919.
With a current population of 16,158, Patterson is a rural, small town surrounded by agricultural land. With agriculture as its primary economic base, orchards of apricots, almonds and walnuts, as well as row crops of dry beans, tomatoes, broccoli, spinach, peas and melons play an important role in Patterson’s history.
The population of the City of Patterson was 19,269 as of January 1, 2006, according to the official estimate certified by the California State Department of Finance’s Demographic Research Unit. This represents a 19% increase over the previous 12 months and a 66% increase from the April 1, 2000 census, which counted 11,606 residents.
Patterson, a fast growing community strategically located in the northwestern part of the San Joaquin Valley near Interstate 5, is close to the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital of Sacramento, and the myriad recreational outdoor recreational opportunities of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east.
The City derives much of its economic vitality from agriculture, food processing, and distribution. It is also home to a rapidly expanding business park adjacent to Interstate 5. The City’s street layout, inspired by the great urban centers of Paris, France and Washington, D.C., features a circular format in the central district surrounded by radiating spokes. Patterson is also noted for its numerous trees, especially its palm-lined thoroughfares. In recognition of its agricultural heritage, the City is home to the Apricot Fiesta early each June.
Locating a business in Patterson places companies strategically located near several of California’s major markets and the Pacific Rim. The area is within 90 miles of the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, the Sierra Nevada Mountains and California’s central coast. Patterson is also about a 5-hour drive from Los Angeles. Two of California’s major north-south highways intersect the area: Interstate 5 and Highway 99. All of these advantages add up to equal an outstanding location for business.
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