Stockton is a city and the county seat of San Joaquin County in the
Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded
by Captain Charles Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquired Rancho Campo
de los Franceses. The city is named after Robert F. Stockton, and it
was the first community in California to have a name not of Spanish or
Native American origin. The city is located on the San Joaquin River
in the northern San Joaquin Valley and had an estimated population of
312,697 by the California Department of Finance for 2019. Stockton is
the 13th largest city in California and the 62nd largest city in the
United States. It was named an All-America City in 1999, 2004, 2015
and again in 2017.Built during the California Gold Rush, Stockton's
seaport serves as a gateway to the Central Valley and beyond. It
provided easy access for trade and transportation to the southern gold
mines. The University of the Pacific (UOP), chartered in 1851, is the
oldest university in California, and has been located in Stockton
since 1923. In 2012 Stockton filed for what was then the largest
municipal bankruptcy in US history, which had multiple causes
including financial mismanagement in the 1990s, generous fringe
benefits to unionized city employees, and the 2008 financial crisis.
Stockton successfully exited bankruptcy in February 2015.Stockton is
situated amidst the farmland of California's San Joaquin Valley, a
subregion of the Central Valley. In and around Stockton are thousands
of miles of waterways, which make up the California Delta. Stockton, California Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter