Plaster City is an unincorporated community in Imperial County in the U.S. state of California.[1] It is located 17 miles (27 km) west of El Centro,[2] at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m).[1]

Plaster City
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°47′33″N 115°51′31″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Imperial County
Elevation [1]	105 ft (32 m)

United States Gypsum operates a large gypsum quarry and plant there and owns the town.[2] The quarry was started in 1920 and was acquired by United States Gypsum in 1945.[3] It is the site of the last industrial narrow gauge railroad in the United States. The 3 ft (914 mm) gauge line runs north to the gypsum quarry and brings gypsum from the quarry to the plant.[4][5]

The first post office at Plaster City opened in 1924.[2]

The ZIP Code is 92251. The community is inside area code 760.

Government

In the California State Legislature, Plaster City is in the 40th Senate District, represented by Democrat Ben Hueso, and the 56th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Eduardo Garcia.[6]

In the United States House of Representatives, Plaster City is in California's 51st congressional district, represented by Democrat Juan Vargas.[7]

Publicity and Media

In the 1963 film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Ethel Merman's character is seen talking on a pay telephone to her son, saying that she was "in a place called Plaster City."

Plaster City was briefly, in 1993, the locale of the fully restored Eureka Locomotive, one of the last narrow gauge steam locomotives from the height of railroad development in the West.

References

• "Plaster City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-05-15.

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