- Hinkley, California
Hinkley is an unincorporated community in the
Mojave Desert inCalifornia , U.S., 22 km (14 miles) west of Barstow, 94 km (59 miles) east of Mojave, and 75 km (47 miles) north of Victorville.The community is associated with
Erin Brockovich who, as a legal clerk to the lawyerEdward L. Masry , investigatedPacific Gas & Electric for their contribution to unclean water in the town. The water containedhexavalent chromium , which was accepted as being acarcinogen , though some studies find no relationship betweenchromate andcancer . Her successful fight against PG&E became well known in the public's mind, as did Hinkley, when the film of her story was released in 2000 ("Erin Brockovich").The United States does not define a
census-designated place called Hinkley, but it does define aZip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA), 92347. Because Hinkley is contained within this ZCTA, it is possible to obtain Census data from theUnited States 2000 Census for the area even though data for "Hinkley" is unavailable. As of the census of 2000GR|2, the ZCTA of 92347 had a 2000 population of 1,915. Of note is the fact that there were 485 people (26.7 percent of the population) five years in age or older categorized as having adisability , a higher than average figure when compared to the national average of about 19.3 percent.Between the 1960s and 1980s, several miles West of Hinkley along US Highway 58, existed the
Hawes Radio Tower , a guyed mast used for military communication in the LF-range.The
ZIP Code is 92347 and the community is insidearea code 760 .References
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=92347&_cityTown=92347&_state=&_zip=92347&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010 U.S. Census Bureau American Fact Finder]
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