Boulevard, California

Boulevard, California

Boulevard is an unincorporated community in San Diego County. The Boulevard census-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. The ZIP 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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