- Boulevard, California
Boulevard is an
unincorporated community in San Diego County. The Boulevardcensus-designated place (CDP) had a population of 1,496 at the 2000 census. The area is rural desert along the Mexican border near the eastern extent of San Diego County.Nearby communities in the same wire center (
central office ) for wired telephones include: Calexico Lodge, Jacumba, Live Oak Springs, Manzanita, Pueblo Siding, and Tierra del Sol. Default wired telephone numbers for this area follow the format (619) 766-xxxx. TheZIP code is 91905.Demographics
2000 Census Bureau data for zip code was 74.7% white (including Latino), 4.2% black, 10.7% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, 7% other and 2.7% two or more races. 18% are Latino.
Location
The community is south of Interstate 8 about convert|38|mi|km west of El Centro. The US Post Office is plotted at coord|32|39|50|N|116|16|30|W. [See: USGS Live Oak Springs, California 7.5-minute quadrangle (map), 1975. The USGS National Geographic Names Database shows this community as feature ID 239605.] This location is along State Route 94 and inside ZIP Code 91905. [US Department of Education, National Center for Educational Statistics, Common Core of Data files, 2006. ] Regulatory filings show a
California Department of Transportation facility described as a highway maintenance station in Boulevard. It was located in the 40000-block of Old Highway 80 on the south side at coord|32|39|46|N|116|15|58|W as of 1993.Locals put bumper stickers on their cars which read "WHERE THE HELL IS BOULEVARD?" [Hebert. James (6 January 2004) "Longing to Belong" "San Diego Union-Tribune" p. E-1]
In January 2007, the La Posta Casino, owned and operated by the La Posta Band of Mission Indians [Barfield, Chet (12 January 2006) "Little La Posta band starts on little casino; 349 slots are planned; East County tribe has 26 members" "San Diego Union-Tribune" pp. B-4, col. 1 and B-2, col. 2] , opened. [Barfield, Chet (16 January 2007) "Small casino has big opening day" "San Diego Union-Tribune" p. B-2] It is the smallest casino in the county. [Staff (23 August 2008) "Casinos help shelter East County from economic downturn" "San Diego Union-Tribune" p. EZ-6]
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