Editing Templeton, California (section)

==History==
Templeton is located within the former [[Rancho Paso de Robles]] Mexican land grant and was founded in 1886 when Chauncey Hatch Phillips of the West Coast Land Company sent R.R. Harris to survey {{convert|160|acre|km2}} set aside for a town to exist south of Paso Robles as part of the company's larger purchase of {{convert|63,000|acre|km2}}. These 160 acres were to be laid out in business and residential lots with 5–12 acre parcels, with the town to be named "Crocker" after a Vice President of the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]], [[Charles F. Crocker]]; however, Crocker instead chose to name the town "Templeton," after his two-year-old son, [[Templeton Crocker|Charles Templeton Crocker]].

The town was briefly the end of the line for passengers travelling south via the Southern Pacific Railroad from northern California; passengers disembarked at Templeton and were then carried by stagecoach south to [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]]. In 1889, the railroad was continued {{convert|14|mi|km}} south to [[Santa Margarita, California|Santa Margarita]] and the town was reclassified to a flag stop. Currently, the railroad stops in nearby Paso Robles before continuing on, and Templeton is classified as a bypass.

In 1898, a fire destroyed most of the original wooden buildings of the business district along Main Street, prompting this section of the town to be rebuilt with brick, although on a somewhat smaller scale than before.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.templetonmuseum.com/history.html|title=Templeton Historical Museum Society, Templeton California|website=www.templetonmuseum.com|access-date=Dec 24, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Fall colors, Templeton.jpg|thumb|Fall colors in a Templeton vineyard|400px]]

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0678162|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Templeton CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Templeton had a population of 7,674. The population density was {{convert|988.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Templeton was 6,833 (89.0%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 59 (0.8%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 80 (1.0%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 123 (1.6%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 10 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 337 (4.4%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 232 (3.0%) from two or more races.  [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1,171 persons (15.3%).

The Census reported that 7,580 people (98.8% of the population) lived in households, 1 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 93 (1.2%) were institutionalized.

There were 2,830 households, of which 1,121 (39.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,572 (55.5%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 363 (12.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 127 (4.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 117 (4.1%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]] and 29 (1.0%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 654 households (23.1%) were made up of individuals, and 352 (12.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68.  There were 2,062 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (72.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.14.

2,049 people (26.7%) of the population were under the age of 18, 598 people (7.8%) aged 18 to 24, 1,627 people (21.2%) aged 25 to 44, 2,288 people (29.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,112 people (14.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.6 males.

There were 3,006 housing units at an average density of {{convert|387.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 2,002 (70.7%) were owner-occupied, and 828 (29.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.9%.  5,453 people (71.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,127 people (27.7%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 4,687 people, 1,548 households and 1,247 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|989.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,588 housing units at an average density of {{convert|335.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.70% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.92% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.63% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.14% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 11.82% of the population.

There were 1,548 households, of which 49.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.33.

33.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males.

The [[median household income]] was $53,438 and the median family income was $58,750. Males had a median income of $41,268 compared with $32,034 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $19,671. About 6.3% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.