Andrade, California
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Andrade is a small unincorporated town in the southeasternmost corner of the state of California, in Imperial County. It is directly across the border from Los Algodones, the northernmost town of the municipality of Mexicali, in Baja California, and in all of Mexico. The ZIP Code is 92283. The community is inside area code 760.
Andrade is named after Mexican General Guillermo Andrade. The General sold the land for the settlement to the California Development Company. The town was named in 1912 with establishment of the post office.[1]
As of the year 2000, it had a population of 59, 74.6% of whom were Hispanic or Latino.[2]
The community is located entirely within the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation.
[edit] References
- ^ Gudde, Erwin; William Bright (2004). California Place Names, Fourth ed., University of California Press, p. 13. ISBN 0-520-24217-3.
- ^ The entire population of Andrade is located within Block 2591, Block Group 2, Census Tract 124, Imperial County, California. Population figures are from US Census Factfinder.
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- Andrade, California is at coordinates Coordinates:
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