Fountain Valley, California
City of Fountain Valley Fountain Valley Welcome Sign along Warner Avenue Fountain Valley Welcome Sign along Warner Avenue Official seal of City of Fountain Valley Location of Fountain Valley inside Orange County, California.
Location of Fountain Valley inside Orange County, California.
City of Fountain Valley is positioned in the US City of Fountain Valley - City of Fountain Valley Fountain Valley is a suburban town/city in Orange County, California.
A classic bedroom community, Fountain Valley is a middle-class residentiary area.
The region encompassing Fountain Valley was originally inhabited by the Tongva citizens .
European settlement of the region began when Manuel Nieto was granted the territory for Rancho Los Nietos, which encompassed over 300,000 acres (1,200 km2), including present-day Fountain Valley.
The name of Fountain Valley refers to the very high water table in the region at the time the name was chosen, and the many corresponding artesian wells in the area.
Early pioneer constructed drainage canals to make the territory usable for agriculture, which remained the dominant use of territory until the 1960s, when assembly of large housing tracts accelerated. The first mayor of Fountain Valley was James Kanno, who with this appointment became the first Japanese-American mayor of a mainland United States city. After the Fall of Saigon in 1975, there was a large influx of Vietnamese refugees settling in Fountain Valley, especially in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, forming a large percentage of Asian Americans in the city.
Fountain Valley is home to Mile Square Regional Park, a 640 acres (2.6 km2) park including two lakes, three 18-hole golf courses, playing fields, picnic shelters, and a 20-acre (81,000 m2) urban-nature region planted with California native plants, a 55-acre (220,000 m2) recreation center with tennis courts, basketball courts, racquetball courts, a gymnasium, and the Kingston Boys & Girls Club; There is also a improve center and a 16,652sq ft senior center that opened in September, 2005.
Fire protection and emergency medical services are provided by two stations of the Fountain Valley Fire Department.
Law enforcement is provided by the Fountain Valley Police Department.
The Orange County Sanitation District's administrative offices and major plant is positioned in Fountain Valley next to the Santa Ana River.
Fountain Valley is also home to the offices of the Municipal Water District of Orange County, a member of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and of the Orange County Water District.
The Orange County Water District manages the groundwater watershed in central and northern Orange County and operates the Groundwater Replenishment System, the world's biggest water purification plant for groundwater recharge. Fountain Valley has two fully accredited primary medical centers: the Fountain Valley Regional Hospital with 400 beds available, and Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center with 230 beds, a medical clinic, and an outpatient medical building.
Fountain Valley has its own newspaper, the Fountain Valley View, directed by the Orange County Register.
As a suburban city, most of Fountain Valley's inhabitants commute to work in other urban centers.
However, in recent years, the town/city has seen an increase in commercial jobs in the city, with the expansion of a commercial center near the Santa Ana River known as the "Southpark" district.
Efforts to bolster economic activeness are evidenced by the town/city enacting policies to benefit small businesses, and even going so far as to paint a mural on the facade of a large water treatment building facing the freeway that depicts two shopping bags headlined by the words, "Shop in Fountain Valley." Fountain Valley is home to the nationwide headquarters of Hyundai Motor America and D-Link Corporation, the global command posts of memory chip manufacturer Kingston Technology, and the corporate command posts of Surefire, LLC, manufacturer of military and commercial flashlights.
In addition, Fountain Valley is the locale for Noritz, a tankless water heater manufacturer, and the chief west coast offices of Ceridian, a experienced employer organization.
The increasing commercial expansion can be evidenced by the incessant rush-hour traffic bottlenecks on the San Diego (405) Freeway through Fountain Valley.
1 Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center 1,668 Fountain Valley holds an annual Summerfest in June in Mile Square Regional Park.
There are three high schools, three middle schools, nine elementary schools, one K-12 school, and two K-8 schools.
However, some students who live in the town/city of Fountain Valley actually attend schools in other cities.
Fountain Valley is also home to Coastline Community College.
High schools in Huntington Beach Union High School District Fountain Valley High School Valley Vista High School Middle schools in Fountain Valley School District Middle schools in Ocean View Middle School District Elementary schools in Garden Grove Unified School District Elementary schools in Fountain Valley School District The Lycee International de Los Angeles previously had its Orange County ground in Fountain Valley, but it moved to Orange by 2001. In addition to the San Diego Freeway, which bisects the city, Fountain Valley is served by a several bus lines directed by the Orange County Transportation Authority.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Fountain Valley had a populace of 55,313.
The ethnic makeup of Fountain Valley was 31,225 (56.5%) White (49.2% Non-Hispanic White), 510 (0.9%) African American, 229 (0.4%) Native American, 18,418 (33.3%) Asian, 171 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 2,445 (4.4%) from other competitions, and 2,315 (4.2%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 11,643 citizens (21.0%) under the age of 18, 4,624 citizens (8.4%) aged 18 to 24, 13,310 citizens (24.1%) aged 25 to 44, 16,020 citizens (29.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,716 citizens (17.6%) who were 65 years of age or older.
40,718 citizens (73.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 14,158 citizens (25.6%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Fountain Valley had a median homehold income of $81,212, with 6.7% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. In the California State Legislature, Fountain Valley is in the 34th Senate District, represented by Republican Janet Nguyen, and in the 72nd Assembly District, represented by Republican Travis Allen. In the United States House of Representatives, Fountain Valley is in California's 48th congressional district, represented by Republican Dana Rohrabacher. Mary Astor, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; moved to Fountain Valley.
Chen, businessman; moved to Fountain Valley.
Duy Khanh, musician; lived in Fountain Valley.
House of Representatives, California's 38th congressional precinct (1975-1985); Resident of Fountain Valley.
Michelle Pfeiffer, actress, graduate of Fountain Valley High School Class of 1976 Isiah Robertson, NFL player, Los Angeles Rams; lived in Fountain Valley.
Chung Yong Taek, martial artist; lived in Fountain Valley.
"History of the City of Fountain Valley".
"Hyundai to Help Keep Music in Fountain Valley Schools".
City of Fountain Valley CAFR "Fountain Valley Summerfest activities keep growing".
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Fountain Valley city".
Fountain Valley Living Magazine improve periodical dedicated to Fountain Valley inhabitants Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fountain Valley, California.
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Fountain Valley, California - Cities in Orange County, California - Populated places on the Santa Ana River - Incorporated metros/cities and suburbs in California - Populated places established in 1957 - 1957 establishments in California
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