History of Orange County

 

City Number City Name Year of Incorporation City Seal City Motto/Slogan
1.
Anaheim 1870 Community Pride and Forward Vision
2. Santa Ana 1886 Education First
3. Orange 1888   A Slice of Old Town Charm
4. Fullerton 1904 100 Years of Community Pride
5. Newport Beach 1906 Does not have a motto
6. Huntington Beach 1909 Surf City USA
7. Seal Beach 1915 The Beach Without an Undertow
8.

Brea

1917 Oil, Oranges and Opportunity
9. La Habra 1925 A Caring Community
10. Placentia 1926  
11. Laguna Beach 1927  
12. Tustin 1927 The City of Trees
13. San Clemente 1928 Spanish Village by the Sea
14. Buena Park 1953 Center of the Southland in Southern California
15. Costa Mesa 1953 City of the Arts
16. Fountain Valley 1953 A Nice Place To Live
17. La Palma 1955 Progress
18. Cypress 1956 Progress
19. Garden Grove 1956 City of Youth and Ambition
20.

Stanton

1956 Community Pride and Forward Vision
21. Westminster 1957 O Lord, Watch Over the City
22. Los Alamitos 1960  
23. San Juan Capistrano 1961 Preserving the Past to Enhance the Future
24. Villa Park 1962 Villa Park, the Hidden Jewel
25.

Yorba Linda

1967 Land of Gracious Living
26. Irvine 1971 On this Corner of Earth the Sun Always Shines 
27. Mission Viejo 1988 The California Promise
28. Dana Point 1989 Harboring the Good Life
29. Laguna Niguel 1989 Sea Country
30. Laguna Hills 1991 Remember the past, challenge the future
31.

Lake Forest

1991 Remember the past, challenge the future
32. Laguna Woods 1999 With Respect to the Past, Looking to the Future
33. Rancho Santa Margarita 2000 A Small City with the Soul of a Small Village
34.

Aliso Viejo

2001 A Nice Place To Live, Work and Play

Resources:

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