History of Orange County
| City Number | City Name | Year of Incorporation | City Seal | City Motto/Slogan |
1. |
Anaheim | 1870 |
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Community Pride and Forward Vision |
| 2. | Santa Ana | 1886 |
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Education First |
| 3. | Orange | 1888 | ![]() |
A Slice of Old Town Charm |
| 4. | Fullerton | 1904 |
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100 Years of Community Pride |
| 5. | Newport Beach | 1906 |
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Does not have a motto |
| 6. | Huntington Beach | 1909 |
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Surf City USA |
| 7. | Seal Beach | 1915 |
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The Beach Without an Undertow |
| 8. | 1917 |
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Oil, Oranges and Opportunity | |
| 9. | La Habra | 1925 |
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A Caring Community |
| 10. | Placentia | 1926 |
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| 11. | Laguna Beach | 1927 |
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| 12. | Tustin | 1927 |
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The City of Trees |
| 13. | San Clemente | 1928 |
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Spanish Village by the Sea |
| 14. | Buena Park | 1953 |
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Center of the Southland in Southern California |
| 15. | Costa Mesa | 1953 |
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City of the Arts |
| 16. | Fountain Valley | 1953 |
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A Nice Place To Live |
| 17. | La Palma | 1955 |
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Progress |
| 18. | Cypress | 1956 |
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Progress |
| 19. | Garden Grove | 1956 |
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City of Youth and Ambition |
| 20. | 1956 |
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Community Pride and Forward Vision | |
| 21. | Westminster | 1957 |
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O Lord, Watch Over the City |
| 22. | Los Alamitos | 1960 |
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| 23. | San Juan Capistrano | 1961 |
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Preserving the Past to Enhance the Future |
| 24. | Villa Park | 1962 |
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Villa Park, the Hidden Jewel |
| 25. | 1967 |
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Land of Gracious Living | |
| 26. | Irvine | 1971 |
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On this Corner of Earth the Sun Always Shines |
| 27. | Mission Viejo | 1988 |
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The California Promise |
| 28. | Dana Point | 1989 |
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Harboring the Good Life |
| 29. | Laguna Niguel | 1989 |
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Sea Country |
| 30. | Laguna Hills | 1991 |
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Remember the past, challenge the future |
| 31. | 1991 |
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Remember the past, challenge the future | |
| 32. | Laguna Woods | 1999 |
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With Respect to the Past, Looking to the Future |
| 33. | Rancho Santa Margarita | 2000 |
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A Small City with the Soul of a Small Village |
| 34. | 2001 |
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A Nice Place To Live, Work and Play |
Resources:
"Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia." Wikipedia. 22 Apr. 2008. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,. 23 Apr. 2008 <http://www.wikipedia.org/>.
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