Manhole Covers of Thousand Oaks, California

Created 19 June 2006

This page was last updated on 25 November 2008
All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 2006

This is a study of manhole covers from Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California.

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Manhole Covers of Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California

Thousand Oaks is a medium-sized city in southeastern Ventura County in a small valley, Conejo Valley, surrounded by rugged mountains. It is about 900 feet above sea level. The City of Thousand Oaks, including Newbury Park, was incorporated on 29 September 1964, and currently has a population of about 125,000 people, composed of 85.1% Whites, 13.1% Hispanics, and 5.9% Asians. About 58% of the employed citizens of Thousand Oaks commute to work outside the city, which takes then about 26 minutes. The median household income for Thousand Oaks residents is $86,041 and the per capita income is $34,314. The Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) and Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) trees are icons for the city, and were the dominant native tree of Thousand Oaks and the Conejo Valley before development. Two highways pass through Thousand Oaks, U.S. Highway 101 (Ventura Freeway) and State Route 23. Thousand Oaks has grown significantly since the 1960s. Much of the Conejo Valley (10,000 acres) was purchased by the Janss Family in the early 1900s. Thousand Oaks used to be the home of Jungleland (a small private zoo), now where the civic center is located, which originally opened as Lion Farm in 1927. The city today has a mix of residential, commerical, and industrial land uses, and is the wealthiest city in Ventura County. Additional information about Thousand Oaks can be found at Thousand Oaks Info and at the Official Thousand Oaks site.

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