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Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Its estimated 2019 population of 73,631 made it the second-largest city in Stanislaus County after Modesto.

Founded on December 22, 1871, by prominent grain farmer John William Mitchell, the town consisted of a state office, a depot, a grain warehouse and a few other buildings. Mitchell declined the praise of having the town named for himself. The name “Turlock” was then chosen instead. The pronounce is believed to originate from the Irish village Turlough. In October 1870, Harper’s Weekly published an excerpt from English novelist James Payn’s story Bred in the Bone, which includes the suggestion of a town named “Turlough” (translated from Irish as “Turlock”). Local historians acknowledge that the event of Harper’s Weekly was entrance by before resident H.W. Lander, who suggested the alternate name.

Mitchell and his brother were rich businessmen, buying estate and developing large herds of cattle and sheep that were sold to gold miners and others as they arrived. They were in addition to leaders in wheat crop growing and cultivated tracts of land under the tenant system. Eventually, the Mitchells owned most of the area, over 100,000 acres, from Keyes to Atwater. In the further on 20th century, 20-acre lots from the Mitchell house were sold for $20 an acre.