Editing Lathrop, California

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'''Lathrop''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|eɪ|θ|r|ə|p}}, {{Respelling|LAY|thrəp}}) is a city located {{Convert|10|mi}} south of [[Stockton, California|Stockton]] in [[San Joaquin County, California|San Joaquin County]], California, United States. The [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] reported that Lathrop's population was 28,701. The city is located  in [[Northern California]] at the intersection of [[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]] and [[California State Route 120|California State Route 120, in the San Joaquin Valley.]]

==History==
Lathrop was developed around railroad interests. The town was founded around 1868 when the [[first transcontinental railroad]] was extended to the area after a dispute between the president of the [[Central Pacific Railroad]], [[Leland Stanford]], and the [[Stockton, California|City of Stockton]].<ref name="Sentinel">{{cite news |author=Lee, Ralph |date=December 16, 2005 |title=Lathrop founded by Stanford to bypass Stockton |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_-Y0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HSEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=7164%2C5414177 |access-date=October 28, 2015 |work=Lodi News-Sentinel |pages=14}}</ref> The two parties had struck a right-of-way agreement to build a railroad through Stockton, but when city officials delayed in deciding where the alignment should go, Stanford decided to instead build the railroad around Stockton and set up a new town along the route.<ref name=":0" />

The new town was [[plat]]ted into 16 subdivisions<ref name="Sentinel" /> around the site of a train depot named Wilson's Station at a [[Wye (rail)|wye]] built for switching train cars.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last1=Lea |first1=Ralph |last2=Kennedy |first2=Christi |date=December 16, 2005 |title=Lathrop founded by Stanford to bypass Stockton |url=https://www.lodinews.com/features/vintage_lodi/article_9c0f72cc-6e58-5263-9d32-42036a9f1d8d.html |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=Lodi News-Sentinel |language=en}}</ref> A merchant store and schoolhouse were built soon after.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Lathrop History |url=https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/community/page/lathrop-history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330005937/https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/community/page/lathrop-history |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=City of Lathrop CA |language=en}}</ref> In 1869, the area was renamed in honor of the family of Leland Stanford's wife, [[Jane Stanford]] (née Lathrop), and her brother, Charles Lathrop, who worked for Leland as an engineer at Central Pacific.<ref name="Sentinel" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lathrop Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=20006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018193837/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=20006 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=The Historical Marker Database |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Swarts |first=Aaron |date=May 17, 2005 |title=Lathrop Days: A look at history |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2005/05/17/lathrop-days-a-look-at-history/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=East Bay Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

On September 6, 1869, four months after the [[golden spike]] ceremony at [[Promontory Summit]], the San Joaquin Railroad Bridge at Mossdale Crossing in Lathrop was finished by [[Western Pacific Railroad (1862-1870)|Western Pacific]].<ref name="sac union 1869">{{cite web |title=From Stockton - September 6th |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18690907.2.8.2&srpos=5&e=------186-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22san+joaquin+river%22-ARTICLE---1869---1 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |website=UCR: California Digital Newspaper Collection |publisher=Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 37, Number 5755, September 7, 1869 |quote=The Western Pacific Railroad bridge across the San Joaquin river was finished to-day [September 6th], and three trains of cars crossed it, one for San Jose and two for Alameda.}}</ref> This completed the last westbound link of the transcontinental railroad to the Pacific coast,<ref name="HMdb 2006">{{cite web |title=Site of Completion of Pacific Railroad - First Transcontinental Railroad |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=11380 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |website=HMdb.org}}</ref> with the first through train arriving that evening,<ref name="alta ca 1869">{{Cite web |title=The first through train on the Western Pacific Road |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18690907.2.6&srpos=66&e=01-06-1869-31-12-1869--en--20--61--txt-txIN-western+pacific-------1 |access-date=September 6, 2019 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu |publisher=Daily Alta California September 7, 1869 — California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref name="moss 1869">{{cite news |date=April 2005 |title=Moss' crossing linked continent by rail |url=https://www.lodinews.com/features/vintage_lodi/article_d0895d12-aaed-5455-a5a9-3ecabd647b0c.html |access-date=May 20, 2020 |issue=Special to the News-Sentinel |quote=Lathrop photographer J. B. Atwood took this early photograph of the first railroad bridge to span the San Joaquin River at Mossdale. The bridge, built in 1869, was the final link in the transcontinental railroad that made travel possible from the East Coast to the edge of San Francisco Bay in Oakland. The wooden tower in the center sat on a turntable that swung parallel to the riverbank to allow steamboats to pass. |agency=lodinews.com}}</ref> making Lathrop an important division point and rail stop.<ref name=":1" /> In 1871, a post office opened in Lathrop.<ref>{{cite web |title=San Joaquin County |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=CA&county=San+Joaquin |access-date=October 28, 2015 |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History}}</ref> That same year, the railroad built a hotel for $50,000 called Hotel Lathrop, said to be one of the largest in the state of California at the time.<ref name=":0" />

Throughout the 1870s, Lathrop was an important rail stop for the transcontinental railroad. This generated steady growth in the area, with the population increasing to about 600 by 1879.<ref name=":1" />

In February 1886, the railroad's hotel caught fire and was destroyed.<ref name=":0" /> That, along with the railroad deciding to move its roundhouse and machine shops to nearby [[Tracy, California]] around the same time, caused Lathrop to enter into a period of economic and population decline until [[World War I]].<ref name=":1" />

[[File:Lathrop railroad station 1889.png|thumb|left|Lathrop railroad station (1889) where former California Chief Justice David Terry assaulted US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Field and was shot by Field's bodyguard]]
On August 14, 1889, former [[Chief Justice of California]] [[David S. Terry]] assaulted [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court Justice]] [[Stephen J. Field]], at the train station in Lathrop. Field's bodyguard, [[United States Marshal]] David Neagle (formerly assigned to [[Tombstone, Arizona]]), shot and killed Terry.<ref name="examiner 1889">{{cite news |title=The Daily Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/457415745/ |access-date=May 20, 2020 |agency=The San Francisco Examiner |issue=Thursday, August 15, 1889}}</ref> The events led to the [[United States Supreme Court]] decision ''[[In re Neagle]]'', which granted immunity from state prosecution to federal officers acting within the scope of their federal authority.<ref>{{cite web|title=History - The U.S. Marshals and Court Security|url=https://www.usmarshals.gov/history/neagle/neagle5.htm|website=usmarshals.gov|access-date=March 10, 2017|ref=2}}</ref>

During the 1940s, Lathrop expanded from its original townsite to an area of about five square miles. Following [[World War II]], housing tracts were built and several large industrial employers moved there. Residential growth slowed during the 1950s and 1960s, but picked up again in the subsequent decades, doubling in population to 2,137 in 1970 and reaching 6,841 by 1990.<ref name=":1" />

Lathrop was incorporated in 1989, and its first General Plan adopted in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Lathrop |url=https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/community/page/about-lathrop |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202035424/https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/community/page/about-lathrop |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=City of Lathrop CA |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
The [[San Joaquin River]] cuts through the middle of Lathrop, the [[Old River (California)]] on the west side, and has elevation of 20&nbsp;feet (7&nbsp;m).

Neighboring cities and towns include [[Stockton, California|Stockton]], [[Manteca, California|Manteca]], [[Ripon, California|Ripon]], [[French Camp, California|French Camp]], and [[Tracy, California|Tracy]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city covers an area of {{convert|23.0|sqmi|km2}} of which {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}} (4.79%) is covered by water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 577
|1960= 1123
|1970= 2137
|1980= 3717
|1990= 6841
|2000= 10445
|2010= 18023
|2020= 28701
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 39857
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-06.xlsx |date=May 16, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0640704|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030556/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0640704|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Lathrop city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Lathrop had a population of 18,023. The population density was {{convert|782.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of Lathrop was 7,410 (41.1%) White, 1,300 (7.2%) African American, 231 (1.3%) Native American, 3,968 (22.0%) Asian (mostly Filipino), 144 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 3,735 (20.7%) from other races, and 1,235 (6.9%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 7,674 persons (42.6%).

The census reported that 18,011 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 6 (<0.1%) lived in noninstitutionalized group quarters, and 6 (<0.1%) were institutionalized.

Of the 4,782 households, 2,738 (57.3%) had children under 18 living in them, 2,973 (62.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 719 (15.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 379 (7.9%) had a male householder with no wife present; 376 (7.9%) were [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 35 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. About 10.1% of households were made up of individuals, and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.77. The average family size was 3.99.

The age distribution was 5,819 people (32.3%) under 18, 1,814 people (10.1%) 18 to 24, 5,324 people (29.5%) 25 to 44, 3,897 people (21.6%) 45 to 64, and 1,169 people (6.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 30.5&nbsp;years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 97.7 males.

The 5,261 housing units had an average density of {{convert|228.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|abbr=on}}, of which 3,604 (75.4%) were owner-occupied, and 1,178 (24.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.5%, and 13,191 people (73.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units with 4,820 people (26.7%) in rental housing units.

==Economy==

According to the city's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name=acfr2022>{{Cite report |title= City of Lathrop, California Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 |date= March 30, 2023 |url= https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/finance/page/2181/city_of_lathrop_acfr_final_3-30-23.pdf |page= 182 |access-date= September 23, 2023 }}</ref> the top 10 employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
|1
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]
|3,000
|-
|2
|[[United Parcel Service]]
|1,500
|-
|3
|Pflug Packaging
|450
|-
|4
|[[Army & Air Force Exchange Service]]
|400
|-
|5
|[[Wayfair]]
|400
|-
|6
|[[Super Store Industries]]
|375
|-
|7
|California Natural Products
|375
|-
|8
|Simwon America
|336
|-
|9
|[[Manteca Unified School District]]
|333
|-
|10
|CBC Steel Buildings
|203
|}

===Economic potential===

The City of Lathrop has a seven-mile (11&nbsp;km) radius population of 105,893 with an average household income of $63,072.

Lathrop is centered between the Stockton and Tracy submarkets – both  within a {{convert|20|mi|km|0|adj=on}} radius.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Lathrop :: About Lathrop |url=http://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/about/ |website=www.ci.lathrop.ca.us |access-date=January 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lathrop, CA Real Estate Housing Market & Trends {{!}} Coldwell Banker |url=https://www.coldwellbanker.com/for-sale-homes/Lathrop-CA-4909c/view_local-market-trends |website=www.coldwellbanker.com |access-date=January 12, 2019}}</ref>

In April 2014, electric car maker Tesla announced that it would be opening a [[List of Tesla factories|warehouse in Lathrop]], in a {{convert|430,000|sqft|m2|adj=on|abbr=on}} building that was once a Chrysler distribution center. The company also operates a factory assembling [[Tesla Megapack]] [[lithium-ion battery]] containers in the former J.C. Penney distribution center,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Jeremy |title=Meet Tesla's Megafactory - Capable of Producing 10,000 Megapacks Each Year {{!}} Torque News |url=https://www.torquenews.com/14335/meet-teslas-megafactory-capable-producing-10000-megapacks-each-year |website=www.torquenews.com |language=en |date=February 6, 2023}}</ref> and has become Lathrop’s largest employer.<ref name=acfr2022/>

=== Large developments ===

Mossdale Village,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mossdale Village |url=https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/planning/page/mossdale-village |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202040927/https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/planning/page/mossdale-village |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=City of Lathrop}}</ref> located west of I-5 and east of the San Joaquin River, consists of 2375 units and has historical significance. The development abuts, and is named after, the site of the San Joaquin Railroad Bridge at Mossdale crossing,<ref name="moss 1869" /> which was the final link to the Pacific coast for the Transcontinental Railroad, actually completed on September 6, 1869,<ref name="sac union 1869" /> four months after the official celebration and driving of the golden spike at Promontory Utah. California State Historical Marker number 781-7 is at Mossdale Crossing Park.<ref name="HMdb 2006" />

[[Stanford Crossing]], located west of the I-5 freeway and east of the San Joaquin River, is a master planned community consisting of 2167 lots. It was conceived as part of the Central Lathrop Specific Plan (CLSP), adopted on November 9, 2004, to develop “a vibrant and livable community” across approximately {{convert|1,521| acres}} in Central Lathrop.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Lathrop Specific Plan Main Page |url=https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/planning/page/central-lathrop-specific-plan-main-page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202035501/https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/planning/page/central-lathrop-specific-plan-main-page |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=City of Lathrop}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Lathrop Specific Plan Phase 1 |url=https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/planning/page/central-lathrop-specific-plan-phase-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202042430/https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/planning/page/central-lathrop-specific-plan-phase-1 |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=City of Lathrop}}</ref> The community’s name pays homage to Leland Stanford, and his role in the completion of the transcontinental railroad at nearby Mossdale Crossing.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 27, 2024 |title=The Fascinating History of Lathrop, CA |url=https://stanfordcrossing.com/blog/history-of-lathrop-ca/ |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Stanford Crossing |language=en-US}}</ref> A {{convert|4.13| acre||adj=mid| park}} developed in the neighborhood was also subsequently named Leland and Jane Stanford Park, after the family who helped found Lathrop.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Jason |title=Name of historic figures may grace new Lathrop parks |url=https://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/local-news/name-historic-figures-may-grace-new-lathrop-parks/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731131349/https://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/local-news/name-historic-figures-may-grace-new-lathrop-parks/ |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=www.mantecabulletin.com |publication-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref>

In addition to the residential, parks and other community allotments, the CLSP also designated land usage near to Stanford Crossing for what became the Lathrop Generations Center and Lathrop High School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Lathrop |url=https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/city-manager/page/central-lathrop |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604190851/https://www.ci.lathrop.ca.us/city-manager/page/central-lathrop |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=City of Lathrop}}</ref>

==Government==

The Mayor of Lathrop is Paul Akinjo.<ref name=cc/> The current city council consists of Mayor Paul Akinjo, Vice-Mayor Jennifer Torres-O'Callaghan, Councilmember Diane Lazard, Councilmember Minnie Diallo, and Councilmember Steve Dresser.<ref name=cc/>

Lathrop is represented in the California State Assembly by Assemblymember {{Representative|caad|12|fmt=linked}} and California State Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
 | title = Members: Assembly Internet
 | publisher = State of California}}</ref>

== Education ==
[[Manteca Unified School District]] serves the City of Lathrop with the exception of the River Islands development on the west side of Interstate 5, which is served by Public Charter Schools under Banta Unified School District.

===Elementary schools===
Manteca Unified School District serves the Lathrop community with three elementary schools, Joseph Widmer Jr, Lathrop School, and Mossdale School. Residents of the River Islands development are served by three public chartered elementary schools under Banta Unified School District.

===High schools===
[[Lathrop High School (California)|Lathrop High School]], under Manteca Unified School District, was the first secondary school in Lathrop; it opened in 2008. Lathrop High features the Spartan band which has performed at [[Cal Band]] Day at Cal Berkeley.  The Spartan music program includes concert band, symphonic band, marching band, and drum line.

A second high school, [[River Islands High School]], opened in 2024 as part of the [[Banta Unified School District]].

==Transportation==
The City of Lathrop is served by the [[San Joaquin Regional Transit District]] and the [[Altamont Corridor Express]] <!-- (ACE) --> [[commuter rail]] train at [[Lathrop/Manteca station]].

==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Bacarra]], [[Ilocos Norte]], Philippines

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}

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{{San Joaquin County, California}}

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