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Modesto (Spanish for "modest")[1] is the county seat and largest city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.[2] As of 2020, 218,464 people lived in Modesto.[3]
Modesto is in the Central Valley. It is on the Tuolumne River and near the Stanislaus River.
The nation's largest winery, E & J Gallo Winery, is in Modesto.[4]
Modesto is the 18th largest city in California, and the 103rd largest city in the United States.
- ↑ Historic Spots in California, Third Edition. Stanford University Press. p. 539. ISBN 978-0804740203.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Modesto city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ↑ "Amelia Franzia Gallo; Wine Maker's Wife, 83". Obituary. The New York Times. December 25, 1993. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
She began working as secretary and janitor in the fledgling Gallo family business shortly after Ernest and Julio Gallo started the E. & J. Gallo Winery in Modesto in 1933. Today, the company is the nation's largest winery, with more than a quarter of the American wine market.