Yorba Linda, California

Yorba Linda is a city located in Orange County, California, approximately 13 miles northeast of Downtown Santa Ana. The Current OMB metropolitan designation for Yorba Linda and the Orange County Area is “Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA.” As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,918. It is served by the Yorba Linda Water District.

History

The area was once occupied by the Juaneño Indians. In 1769 a Spanish expedition passed through that included a soldier named José Antonio Yorba. In 1809 Yorba petitioned the King of Spain for a land grant and received the 62,000 acres (250 km²) that became Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1810. In 1834, his third son Bernardo Yorba combined his father's lands with those granted to him by Governor José Figueroa, creating one of the greatest ranchos of the time. A section of the land was sold to the Janss Corporation in 1907, and it proceeded to subdivide the land and sell it for agriculture. It was connected to Los Angeles by the Pacific Electric Railroad. The small town turned into a growing city in the 1960s and was incorporated in 1967.

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Juaneño - 1769 - Spanish - José Antonio Yorba - 1809 - 1810 - 1834 - Bernardo Yorba - José Figueroa - Janss Corporation - 1907 - Los Angeles - Pacific Electric Railroad - 1960s - 1967

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U.S. President Richard Nixon was born here in 1913, and Yorba Linda is home to the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace. The site is a National Historic Landmark.

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U.S. President - Richard Nixon - 1913 - Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace - National Historic Landmark

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