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Watsonville

Watsonville is a city in , in the Monterey Bay Area of the . The population was 52,590 at the 2020 census. Predominantly Latino and Democratic, Watsonville is a self-designated sanctuary city.
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  • Type: Town with 51,200 residents
  • Description: city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Apple City”, “Pajaro”, “Sugar City”, “Watsonville, CA”, and “Watsonville, California”
  • Postal codes: 95076 and 95077

Places of Interest

Highlights include Godfrey M. Bockius House and Watsonville High School.

Manor estate
Photo: Mrwrite, Public domain.
The is an Italianate—Victorian style house in a historic district in Watsonville, California. It was built in 1870 by Judge Godfrey M.

School
is a high school located in Watsonville, , and is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.

Aerodrome
Photo: DanDawson, Public domain.
is three miles northwest of Watsonville, in , , United States. The airport covers 330 acres and has two runways. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Watsonville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pajaro and Interlaken.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in . It is located on the south bank of the 5 miles northeast of its mouth, at an elevation of 26 feet.

Locality
is a census-designated place in , , . The population was 7,368 at the 2020 census. is situated 3 miles north of Watsonville.

Locality
is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 3,835 at the 2020 census. is situated 3 miles northwest of Watsonville.

Watsonville

Latitude
36.9093° or 36° 54′ 33″ north
Longitude
-121.7529° or 121° 45′ 11″ west
Population
51,200
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
IATA airport code
WVI
Open location code
848WW65W+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1676617244
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5407529
Wiki­data ID
Q913543
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Watsonville” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واتسونفيل”
  • Basque: “Watsonville”
  • Belarusian: “Уотсанвіл”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াটসভিল”
  • Bulgarian: “Уотсънвил”
  • Catalan: “Watsonville”
  • Cebuano: “Watsonville”
  • Chechen: “Вотсонвилл”
  • Chinese: “Watsonville”
  • Chinese: “挖臣威”
  • Chinese: “沃森維爾”
  • Chinese: “沃森维尔”
  • Croatian: “Watsonville”
  • Czech: “Watsonville”
  • Danish: “Watsonville”
  • Dutch: “Watsonville”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واتسونفيل”
  • Finnish: “Watsonville”
  • French: “Watsonville”
  • German: “Watsonville”
  • Gilaki: “واتسؤن‌ويل”
  • Greek: “Γουάτσονβιλ”
  • Gujarati: “વોટ્સનવિલે”
  • Haitian: “Watsonville, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Watsonville”
  • Hebrew: “וטסונוויל”
  • Hindi: “वाटसनविल्ले”
  • Hungarian: “Watsonville”
  • Indonesian: “Watsonville”
  • Irish: “Watsonville”
  • Italian: “Watsonville”
  • Japanese: “ワトソンビル”
  • Kannada: “ವ್ಯಾಟ್ಸನ್ವಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “왓슨빌”
  • Ladin: “Watsonville”
  • Latvian: “Vatsonvila”
  • Lithuanian: “Vatsonvilis”
  • Malagasy: “Watsonville, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Watsonville”
  • Malay: “Watsonville”
  • Malayalam: “വാട്ട്സൺവില്ലെ”
  • Marathi: “वॉट्सविले”
  • Mazanderani: “واتسون ویل (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “واتسون ویل”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Watsonville”
  • Newari: “वाटसनभिल (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “वाटसनभिल, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “वाटसनभिल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Watsonville”
  • Norwegian: “Watsonville”
  • Persian: “واتسون ویل، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “واتسون ویل”
  • Polish: “Watsonville”
  • Portuguese: “Watsonville”
  • Russian: “Уотсонвилл”
  • Scots: “Watsonville”
  • Serbian: “Votsonvil”
  • Serbian: “Watsonville”
  • Serbian: “Вотсонвил”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Watsonville, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Watsonville”
  • Silesian: “Watsonville”
  • Sinhala: “වොට්සාන්විලි”
  • Slovak: “Watsonville”
  • Slovenian: “Watsonville”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واتسون ویل، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Watsonville (California)”
  • Spanish: “Watsonville”
  • Swedish: “Watsonville”
  • Tagalog: “Watsonville, California”
  • Tagalog: “Watsonville”
  • Tamil: “வாட்ஸன்வில்லே”
  • Tatar: “Вотсонвилл”
  • Telugu: “వాట్సన్ విల్లె”
  • Thai: “วัตสันวิลล์”
  • Turkish: “Watsonville, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Watsonville”
  • Ukrainian: “Ватсонвіль”
  • Ukrainian: “Вотсонвілл”
  • Urdu: “واتسونویلی”
  • Urdu: “واٹسنویل، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Vietnamese: “Watsonville, Ca Li”
  • Vietnamese: “Watsonville, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Watsonville”
  • Volapük: “Watsonville”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Watsonville, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Watsonville”

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