Stockton, capital of San Joaquin county, California, on a navigable creek connected with the San Joaquin River, 103 miles by railway E. by N. of San Francisco. It contains a convent and the state lunatic asylum, and manufactures ironware, paper, woollens, flour, soap, carriages, farm implements, &c. Pop. (1860) 3679; (1890) 14,424.
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