Westminster, California
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Westminster, California

Administration
Full nameCity of Westminster
Official nameCity of Westminster
Settlement typeCity
Motto"The City of Progress Built on Pride."
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyOrange
Government
City CouncilMayor Basir K Patel
Tri Ta
Frank G. Fry
Andy Quach
Truong Diep

City Manager

Donald D. Lamm

City Treasurer / Finance Director

Paul Espinoza
Geography
Total Area10.1 sq mi (26.2 km2)
Land Area10.1 sq mi (26.2 km2)
Water Area0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation39 ft (11.9 m)
Demography
Total Population88207 (2000)
Density (pop.)3368.6/km2 (8724.7/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes92683-92685
Area code714
FIPS code06-84550
GNIS feature ID1652811

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Westminster is a city in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian temperance colony. Its name is taken from the Westminster Assembly of 1643, which laid out the basic tenets of the Presbyterian faith. For several years of its early history, its farmers refused to grow grapes because they associated grapes with alcohol.

Westminster was incorporated in 1957, at which time it had 10,755 residents. Originally, the city was named Tri-City because it was the amalgamation of three cities: Westminster, Barber City, and Midway City. Midway City ultimately turned down incorporation, leaving Barber City to be absorbed into the newly incorporated Westminster. The former Barber City was located in the western portion of the current City of Westminster.

Westminster is landlocked and bordered by Seal Beach on the west, by Garden Grove on the north and east, and by Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley on the south.

Westminster surrounds the unincorporated area of Midway City, except for a small portion where Midway City meets Huntington Beach to the south.

A large number of Vietnamese refugees came to the city in the 1970s, settling largely in an area now officially named Little Saigon, and the city is unofficially known as the "capital" of overseas Vietnamese. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 88,207. Westminster won the All-America City Award in 1996.

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Municipalities and communities of Orange County, California

County seat: Santa Ana
CitiesAliso Viejo * Anaheim * Brea * Buena Park * Costa Mesa * Cypress * Dana Point * Fountain Valley * Fullerton * Garden Grove * Huntington Beach * Irvine * La Habra * La Palma * Laguna Beach * Laguna Hills * Laguna Niguel * Laguna Woods * Lake Forest * Los Alamitos * Mission Viejo * Newport Beach * Orange * Placentia * Rancho Santa Margarita * San Clemente * San Juan Capistrano * Santa Ana * Seal Beach * Stanton * Tustin * Villa Park * Westminster * Yorba Linda
CDPs Coto de Caza * Las Flores * North Tustin * Rossmoor
Unincorporated
communities
Anaheim Island * Ladera Ranch * Midway City * Modjeska Canyon * Orange Park Acres * Santa Ana Heights * Santiago Canyon * Silverado * Sunset Beach * Trabuco Canyon

Greater Los Angeles Area

Global city (3.8 million pop.)Los Angeles
LA area regionsAntelope Valley * East Los Angeles * Gateway Cities * Greater Hollywood * Harbor Area * San Fernando Valley * San Gabriel Valley * South Bay * South Los Angeles * West Los Angeles
Large satellite cities (>200k pop.)Anaheim * Glendale * Irvine * Long Beach * Riverside * San Bernardino * Santa Ana
CountiesLos Angeles * Orange * Riverside * San Bernardino * Ventura
Metropolitan areasLos Angeles �Long Beach �Santa Ana * Riverside �San Bernardino �Ontario * Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
LandformsHigh Desert * Los Angeles Basin * Low Desert * Pomona Valley * San Fernando Valley * San Gabriel Valley * Santa Ana Valley * Santa Catalina Island * Santa Clarita Valley * South Bay
Bodies of waterArroyo Seco * Lake Arrowhead * Ballona Creek * Big Bear Lake * Coyote Creek * Los Angeles River * Lake Perris * Rio Hondo * San Gabriel River * San Pedro Bay * Santa Ana River * Santa Clara River * Santa Monica Bay



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