Turlock, California

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The city of Turlock is located in Stanislaus County.

Turlock was incorporated February 15, 1908.

The community of Turlock is 30 feet [9.14 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Turlock lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Turlock, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Turlock had a population of 55,810 people^<2> (or 12.41% of the total population of Stanislaus County). The population of Turlock represented 0.16% of the total of California, making it the state's 129th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Turlock had a population of 68,404 people. This is an increase of 22.57% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Turlock.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Atwater	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	26,565	14.94% increase
	Ceres	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	42,690	23.35% increase
	Gustine	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	5,094	8.43% increase
	Livingston	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	13,400	27.95% increase
	Modesto	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	202,967	7.47% increase
	Newman	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	10,226	44.17% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Turlock.

Websites for Turlock

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Turlock. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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