Watsonville

city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States
Organization city_of_california Q913543
Watsonville
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Summary

Watsonville is a city of California[1]. Watsonville draws 1,271 Wikipedia views per month (city of california category, ranking #499 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Santa Cruz Regional 9-1-1[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Santa Cruz County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: sanctuary city[6], charter city[7]
  • Postal code: 95076[8], 95077[9]
  • Commons category: Watsonville, California[10]
  • Inception: January 1, 1868[11]
  • Coordinate location: 36.92, -121.76361111111[12]
  • Official website: http://www.ci.watsonville.ca.us/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Watsonville, California[14]
  • Population: 51,199[15], 52,590[16]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Watsonville, California[17]
  • Official name: Watsonville[18]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Watsonville, California[19]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Watsonville, California[20]
  • Number of households: 14,317[21]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Watsonville, California[22]
  • Elevation above sea level: 29[23]
  • Area: 17.570419[24], 17.568809[25]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.4213[26]
  • Territory overlaps: Watsonville urbanized area[27], Watsonville urban area[28]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Santa Cruz–Watsonville metropolitan area[29]
  • Water area: 0.249705[30]
  • Per capita income: 22,595[31]

Why It Matters

Watsonville has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Watsonville is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → watsonville
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: watsonville, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289970992|watsonville (#289970992)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 14w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → city of California, sanctuary city, charter city
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Watsonville, California
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Santa Cruz–Watsonville metropolitan area
    Population → {'amount': '+51199'}, {'amount': '+52590'}, {'amount': '+52590'}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Osm name suggestion index id: cityofwatsonville-dc1787, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
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