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Hollister
City of Hollister
DSC00736 east side of San Benito Street at Fifth Street, Hollister, California, June 16, 2007.JPG
Downtown Hollister, California 1867.jpg
Hollister United Methodist 1872.jpg
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Veterans' Memorial Building, Hollister, California, June 16, 2007 (cropped).JPG
Clockwise: Downtown Hollister, Veteran's Memorial Building, Tumey Hills, vineyards in Hollister, United Methodist Church
Location of Hollister in San Benito County, California
Location of Hollister in San Benito County, California
Hollister is located in the United States
Hollister
Hollister
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California
County San Benito
Incorporated March 26, 1872
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
Area
 • Total 7.84 sq mi (20.29 km2)
 • Land 7.84 sq mi (20.29 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0%
Elevation
289 ft (88 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 41,678
 • Estimate 
(2019)
40,740
 • Density 5,199.08/sq mi (2,007.43/km2)
Time zone UTC−08:00 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP code
95023
Area code(s) 831
FIPS code 06-34120
GNIS feature IDs 1658766, 2410778

Hollister is a city in and the county seat of San Benito County, California, in Central California. With a 2020 United States census population of 41,678, Hollister is one of the largest cities in the Monterey Bay Area and a member of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments. The city is an agricultural town known primarily for its local Blenheim apricots, olive oil, vineyards, pomegranates, and chocolate.

History

The Mutsun Ohlone Indians were the first known inhabitants of the Hollister region.

The town, then located in Monterey County, was founded November 19, 1868 when the San Justo Homestead Association purchased the property from William Welles Hollister (1818–1886). Undecided about a name for the new town, an association member, Napa vintner Henry Hagen, was tired of Saint and Spanish names in nearby towns and suggested the name Hollister. The City was incorporated on August 29, 1872. The western portion of San Benito County, including Hollister, was separated from Monterey County in 1874. The county was expanded eastward in 1887 to include portions taken from Merced and Fresno Counties.

Hollister California
Hollister California

Geology

Effects of fault on 164 Locust Street, Hollister, California, February 2003
A local home suffering from structural distortion as a result of being situated on top of the Calaveras Fault.

Hollister is well-known among geologists because it portrays one of the best examples of aseismic creep anywhere in the world. The Calaveras Fault (a branch of the San Andreas Fault system) bisects the city north and south, roughly along Locust Ave. and Powell St. The streets running east/west across the fault have significant visible offsets. The fault runs directly under several houses. Even though they are visibly contorted the houses are still habitable as the owners have reinforced them to withstand the dislocation of their foundations. Although there was extensive damage in the town after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and the governor of California came to visit, this was due to a slip of the San Andreas Fault and was not related to the aseismic creep on the Calaveras Fault.

Hollister is one of at least three California towns to claim the title of "Earthquake Capital of the World" the other two being Coalinga and Parkfield.

Climate

Hollister has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen csb) that has warmer summers than the MontereySalinas area but also being cooler than many other inland cities of the central part of the state. Despite this, daytime temperatures of 80 °F (27 °C) or warmer are commonplace between June and October, but hot extremes can be much more severe.

Climate data for Hollister, California (1948-2015 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 84
(29)
82
(28)
89
(32)
99
(37)
105
(41)
108
(42)
112
(44)
110
(43)
105
(41)
107
(42)
94
(34)
78
(26)
112
(44)
Average high °F (°C) 60.2
(15.7)
62.6
(17.0)
65.9
(18.8)
69.9
(21.1)
73.8
(23.2)
78.1
(25.6)
80.5
(26.9)
81.2
(27.3)
81.0
(27.2)
76.5
(24.7)
66.8
(19.3)
60.0
(15.6)
71.4
(21.9)
Average low °F (°C) 38.0
(3.3)
40.7
(4.8)
42.5
(5.8)
44.3
(6.8)
47.7
(8.7)
50.9
(10.5)
53.1
(11.7)
53.4
(11.9)
52.3
(11.3)
47.8
(8.8)
41.6
(5.3)
37.3
(2.9)
45.8
(7.7)
Record low °F (°C) 20
(−7)
20
(−7)
25
(−4)
27
(−3)
37
(3)
38
(3)
44
(7)
45
(7)
40
(4)
34
(1)
24
(−4)
14
(−10)
14
(−10)
Average rainfall inches (mm) 2.78
(71)
2.75
(70)
2.15
(55)
1.01
(26)
0.35
(8.9)
0.06
(1.5)
0.03
(0.76)
0.05
(1.3)
0.29
(7.4)
0.70
(18)
1.62
(41)
2.06
(52)
13.85
(352.86)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.01 in) 8.8 8.9 8.3 4.8 2.2 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.9 2.8 5.5 7.7 50.8

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1880 1,034
1890 1,234 19.3%
1900 1,315 6.6%
1910 2,308 75.5%
1920 2,781 20.5%
1930 3,757 35.1%
1940 3,881 3.3%
1950 4,903 26.3%
1960 6,071 23.8%
1970 7,663 26.2%
1980 11,488 49.9%
1990 19,212 67.2%
2000 34,413 79.1%
2010 34,928 1.5%
2019 (est.) 40,740 16.6%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010

Hollister United Methodist 1873
Hollister United Methodist Church started construction in 1868.

The 2010 United States Census reported that Hollister had a population of 34,928. The population density was 4,791.4 people per square mile (1,850.0/km2). The racial makeup of Hollister was 10,164 (29.1%) White, 341 (1.0%) African American, 617 (1.8%) Native American, 929 (2.7%) Asian, 63 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 10,437 (29.9%) from other races, and 1,780 (5.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22,965 persons (65.7%).

The Census reported that 34,813 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 9 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 106 (0.3%) were institutionalized.

There were 9,860 households, out of which 5,291 (53.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,900 (59.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,511 (15.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 720 (7.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 744 (7.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 55 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,324 households (13.4%) were made up of individuals, and 496 (5.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.53. There were 8,131 families (82.5% of all households); the average family size was 3.82.

The population was spread out, with 11,076 people (31.7%) under the age of 18, 3,545 people (10.1%) aged 18 to 24, 9,927 people (28.4%) aged 25 to 44, 7,803 people (22.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,577 people (7.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

There were 10,401 housing units at an average density of 1,426.8 per square mile (550.9/km2), of which 6,030 (61.2%) were owner-occupied, and 3,830 (38.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.0%. 20,781 people (59.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 14,032 people (40.2%) lived in rental housing units.

Culture

The Hollister Hills Vehicular Recreation Area, southwest of the main town, draws over 100,000 vehicles per year.

Motorcycle rally

The city is intermittently the site of an annual motorcycle rallies around July Fourth.

Confusion with Hollister Co.

Hollister Co. is an American lifestyle brand by Abercrombie & Fitch Co. that projects a Southern California image. According to Abercrombie & Fitch, the name "Hollister" was pulled out of thin air. The city of Hollister is not affiliated with Hollister Co., and Hollister Co. does not manufacture goods nor operate a store in the city of Hollister. In 2009 Abercrombie & Fitch threatened to sue local merchants in the city of Hollister for trademark infringement for attempting to sell clothes bearing the name "Hollister", prompting at least one merchant to back down.

Sister cities

Currently: none

Former:

  • Japan Takino, Hyogo

Infrastructure

Traditional Californian townhomes in Hollister, California 1881
Traditional Californian Spanish-style townhomes
Hollister Municipal Airport photo D Ramey Logan
Hollister Municipal Airport serves general aviation.

Transportation

Highways

Public transportation

  • San Benito County Express provides local service within Hollister, regional service to San Juan Bautista and Gilroy, where it connects with Caltrain, or on-request, a "Dial-a-Ride" service, and paratransit.

Aviation

  • International Commercial flights are served by San Jose International Airport, about 50 miles (80 km) away in San Jose.
  • The Monterey Regional Airport, about 40 miles (64 km) away, connects Hollister to the large metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada.
  • Hollister Municipal Airport is a general aviation facility.

Healthcare

The State of California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development defines Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital as a General Acute Care Hospital in Hollister with Basic emergency care as of August 22, 2006. The facility is located in California Health Service Area 8 near (NAD83) latitude/longitude of 36°50′02″N 121°23′10″W / 36.83389°N 121.38611°W / 36.83389; -121.38611. As of 2014, the hospital has 113 beds.

Notable people

  • Brendon Clark, retired Australian bull rider, resides in Hollister.
  • Annie Law (1842–1889), conchologist
  • George H. Moore, city attorney
  • Charlie Root, pitcher
  • Stanley F. Schmidt, aerospace engineer

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