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Website. www.milpitas.gov. Milpitas (Spanish for 'little milpas ') is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, in Silicon Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 80,273. [7] The city's origins lie in Rancho Milpitas, granted to Californio ranchero José María Alviso in 1835.
List of Mayors of Milpitas # Image Mayor Term start Term end Notes / Citations Elected by City Council; 1 Tom Evatt January 26, 1954 April 17, 1956 [1] 2 Tom Cardoza April 17, 1956 April 15, 1958 3 Jack Johns April 15, 1958 April 19, 1960 4 Richard B. Taylor April 19, 1960 April 17, 1962 5 W. D. (Denny) Weisgerber April 17, 1962 April 19, 1966 ...
October 7, 1997. The José María Alviso Adobe, located in Milpitas, California, United States, was the home of José María Alviso, an early alcalde (mayor) of neighboring Pueblo de San Jose. It was built in 1837 and enlarged in the early 1850s, and stands as an excellent example of the Monterey Colonial style of architecture popularized ...
1,414,000 square feet (131,400 m 2) [1] Defunct. July 5, 1993. (1993-07-05) San Jose Assembly was a Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Northern California, outside of San Jose in what is now the town of Milpitas. It was the automaker's primary factory in that region from 1955 to 1983, [1][2] replacing the Richmond Assembly facility.
Rancho Milpitas. Rancho Milpitas was a 4,458-acre (18.04 km 2) Mexican land grant in Santa Clara County, California. [1] [2] The name comes from the Nahuatl "milpan", a term meaning "in the field". Therefore, Milpitas could be translated as "little fields". The grant included what is now the city of Milpitas .
Born. 1921. McGehee, Arkansas, US. Died. August 13, 2012 (age 91) Detroit, Michigan, US. Ben F. Gross (1921 – August 13, 2012) was an American politician, union leader, and civil right activist who was the first African-American to serve as mayor of Milpitas and the first African-American mayor to lead a predominantly white city in California.
The Hacienda (Milpitas Ranchhouse) The Hacienda is the current designation for a historic hotel in Monterey County, near the town of Jolon, California. It was completed in 1930 for use by William Randolph Hearst as temporary housing for his employees and guests and headquarters for activities taking place on the surrounding land.
Jose "Joe" Santos Esteves (born 1947) was the mayor of Milpitas, California. [1] A Republican, [2] Esteves was born in the Philippines and graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman before immigrating to the United States in 1980. He was elected to Milpitas City Council in 1998 and went on to serve as mayor between 2002 and 2008 ...