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It took nearly 20 years of struggle before Orange County was born in 1889. The story begins in 1869, in Anaheim. The 12-year-old community began a dual drive to incorporate as a city, and to form its own county—Anaheim County. Both measures required the approval of the State Legislature. Incorporation came easy.
Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often known by its initials O.C.) is a county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, [4] making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, and more ...
At the end of the Mexican War in 1848, California was ceded to the United States by Mexico. When California became a state in 1850, what is now Orange County became a part of Los Angeles County. The Gold Rush of 1849 brought tens of thousands of new settlers to California.
An upswing followed the New Millennium in Orange County in California real estate and government budget cuts mandated by the State. In 2000, according to the U.S. Census, Orange County’s population rose to 2,846,289. In 2000, the Orange County High School of the Arts was founded in Santa Ana.
After the war, Southern California’s population began to surge. It took a few years for the growth to reach Orange. The first large-scale subdivision (98 homes) was built in 1950. The first freeway (SR 55) reached the area in 1962. Between 1950 and 1970, Orange’s population jumped from 10,000 to over 77,000. As tract houses replaced orange ...
The first OC jail is dedicated on Sycamore Street in Santa Ana, the first building constructed by the new county. Its cost was $4,000 and it contained three jail cells. The first Orange County Fair opens. The U.S. Census puts the population of OC at 13,589. Company "L" of the California State Guard is formed in Santa Ana.
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2 days ago · In the 115 years between the colonization of Indigenous land and the establishment of the county of Orange in 1889, the landscape was transformed by agriculture, industry and urban settlement. Even while large tracts of ranch land dominated the county, a new built environment was being constructed.
