Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta · CA
Stockton
A seaport 75 nautical miles from the Golden Gate.
- Population
- 320,804 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1849
- Deepwater channel
- 1933
Then
- Before 1849
The Yatchicumne Yokuts build villages on mounds above the floods.
- 1849
Charles Weber founds the town as a Gold Rush supply port and names it for Commodore Robert Stockton.
- 1904
Benjamin Holt tests a crawler tractor. "Caterpillar it is," he says of the name.
- 1933
The Stockton Deepwater Channel is finished.
- 2012
Stockton files the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history up to then, exiting in 2015.
Now
The Port of Stockton still takes ocean ships. The city sits at the southeastern corner of the Delta.
3 tide stations around Stockton
- Stocktonin town
- Borden Highway Bridge, San Joaquin River2.7 mi
- Grant Line Canal (drawbridge)12.8 mi