Porterville, California | |
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City of Porterville | |
![]() The Porterville Historical Museum | |
Nickname(s): P'ville,[citation needed], BandTown USA,[citation needed] Gateway to the Sequoia National Monument[citation needed] Po'ville [citation needed] | |
![]() Location of Porterville in Tulare County and the U.S. state of California | |
Coordinates: 36°4′7″N 119°1′39″W / 36.06861°N 119.02750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Tulare
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CSA | Visalia-Porterville-Hanford |
Metro | Visalia-Porterville |
Incorporated | May 7, 1902[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Charter city,[2] Council-Manager |
• City Manager | Patrice Hildreth[3] |
• Mayor | Martha A. Flores [4] |
• Vice Mayor | Kellie Carrillo [4] |
Area | |
• City | 18.66 sq mi (48.34 km2) |
• Land | 18.61 sq mi (48.20 km2) |
• Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.14 km2) 0.41% |
• Metro | 4,839 sq mi (12,530 km2) |
Elevation | 459 ft (140 m) |
Population | |
• City | 62,742 |
• Density | 3,400/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
• Metro | 459,446 |
• Metro density | 95/sq mi (37/km2) |
Demonym | Portervillian |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP codes | 93257–93258, 93265, 93267, 93270, 93260[8] |
Area code | 559 |
FIPS code | 06-58240 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1652779, 2411470 |
Website | www |
Porterville is a city at the base of Southern Sierra Nevada mountains on the eastern side of San Joaquin Valley, in Tulare County, California, United States. It is part of the Visalia-Porterville metropolitan statistical area. Serving as the economic hub of the Southern Sierra, the Sequoia National Forest is nearby, offering outdoor recreational opportunities such as hiking, camping, and fishing.[citation needed] Since its incorporation in 1902, the city's population has grown as it annexed nearby unincorporated areas. The city population (not including East Porterville) was 62,623 at the 2020 census.[9]
Porterville serves as a gateway to Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument and Kings Canyon National Park.