Plaster City
32°47′33″N 115°51′31″W / 32.79250°N 115.85861°W
Plaster City | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Imperial County |
| Elevation | 105 ft (32 m) |
Plaster City is an unincorporated community in Imperial County in the U.S. state of California.[1] It is located 17 miles (27 km) west of El Centro,[2] at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m).[1]
United States Gypsum operates a large gypsum quarry and plant there and owns the town.[2] Plaster City has been noted for its unusual place name.[3] It is the site of the last industrial narrow gauge railroad in the United States. The 3 ft (914 mm) gauge line runs north to a gypsum quarry and brings gypsum from the quarry to the plant.[4][5]
Plaster City is located at 32°47′33″N 115°51′31″W / 32.79250°N 115.85861°W west of El Centro, California.
The first post office at Plaster City opened in 1924.[2]
The ZIP Code is 92251. The community is inside area code 760.
Government
In the California State Legislature, Plaster City is in the 40th Senate District, represented by Republican Brian Jones, and the 56th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Lisa Calderon.[6]
In the United States House of Representatives, Plaster City is in California's 51st congressional district, represented by Democrat Sara Jacobs.[7]
Publicity and Media
In the 1963 film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Ethel Merman's character is heard talking on a phone to her son, saying that she was "in some place called Plaster City."
Plaster City was briefly, in 1993, the locale of the fully restored Eureka Locomotive, one of the last narrow gauge steam locomotives from the height of railroad development in the West.
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plaster City
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Thompson, George E. (1 July 2009). You Live Where?: Interesting and Unusual Facts about where We Live. iUniverse. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4401-3421-0.
- ^ "SP Bulletin 1964 — They call it Plaster City". San Diego Railway Museum. Retrieved December 14, 2005.
- ^ US Gypsum Railroad Narrow Gauge Link
- ^ "Statewide Database". Regents of the University of California. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ "California's 51st Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
- "Plaster City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-05-15.
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