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Location of Orange inside Orange County, California.
Orange, California is positioned in the US Orange, California - Orange, California State California California County Orange Rank 6th in Orange County Orange is a town/city located in Orange County, California.
Orange is unusual in this region because many of the homes in its Old Town District were assembled before to 1920.
While many other metros/cities in the region completed such homes in the 1960s, Orange decided to preserve them.
The small well-to-do town/city of Villa Park is surrounded by the town/city of Orange.
2.3 Architectural styles in Old Towne Orange View of the early non-urban farm improve in the town of Orange.
Yorba's great rancho encompassed the lands where the metros/cities of Olive, Orange, Villa Park, Santa Ana, Tustin, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach stand today.
In the book, "Orange, The City 'Round The Plaza" by small-town historian Phil Brigandi, it states, "In 1873 the town had grown large enough to require a postal service, so an application was sent to Washington.
Orange was the only town/city in Orange County to be prepared and assembled around a plaza, earned it the nickname Plaza City. Orange was the first advanced town site to be served by the California Southern Railroad when the nation's second transcontinental rail line reached Orange County. The town experienced its first expansion spurt amid the last decade of the 19th century (as did many of the encircling communities), thanks to ever-increasing demands for California-grown citrus fruits, a reconstructionsome refer to as the "Orange Era." Like most metros/cities in Orange County, agriculture formed the backbone of the small-town economy, and expansion after that was slow and steady until the 1950s, when a second real estate boom spurred development.
Inspired by the evolution of a region-wide freeway fitness which connected Los Angeles' urban center with outlying areas like Orange, large tracts of housing were advanced from the 1950s to the early 1970s, and this continues today, albeit at a much slower pace, at the easterly edge of the city.
Orange, California Due to the moderating effect of the ocean, temperatures are cooler than more inland areas of Orange County, where temperatures incessantly exceed 90 F (32 C) and occasionally reach 100 F (38 C).
The Orange County region is also subject to the phenomena typical of a microclimate.
The Orange County region averages 15 inches (385 mm) of rain annually, which mainly occurs amid the winter and spring (November thru April) with generally light precipitation showers, but sometimes as heavy rainfall and thunderstorms.
Snowfall is extremely rare in the town/city basin, but the mountain peaks inside town/city limits typically receive snow flurry every winter.
Orange City Hall, c.
This building was razed in 1964 and is the site of the current Orange City Hall.
Old Towne, Orange Historic District, a one square-mile around the initial plaza, contains many of the initial structures assembled in the reconstructionafter the city's incorporation.
It is a vibrant commercial district, including Orange County's earliest operating bank and the earliest operating soda fountain.
The Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, and is the biggest National Register District in California.
Orange is unique among the region and the state in that it has the second biggest concentration of historic buildings. A list of all of the buildings and sites in Orange appears in the National Register of Historic Places. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Orange had a populace of 136,416.
The ethnic makeup of Orange was 91,522 (67.1%) White (46.8% Non-Hispanic White), 2,227 (1.6%) African American, 993 (0.7%) Native American, 15,350 (11.3%) Asian, 352 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 20,567 (15.1%) from other competitions, and 5,405 (4.0%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 32,096 citizens (23.5%) under the age of 18, 16,420 citizens (12.0%) aged 18 to 24, 39,574 citizens (29.0%) aged 25 to 44, 33,698 citizens (24.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,628 citizens (10.7%) who were 65 years of age or older.
77,179 citizens (56.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 52,984 citizens (38.8%) lived in rental housing units.
During 2009 2013, Orange had a median homehold income of $78,838, with 11.8% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. In the California State Senate, Orange is split between the 34th Senate District, represented by Republican Janet Nguyen, and the 37th Senate District, represented by Republican John Moorlach. In the California State Assembly, it is split between the 68th Assembly District, represented by Republican Steven Choi, and the 69th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Tom Daly. In the United States House of Representatives, Orange is split between California's 45th congressional district, represented by Republican Mimi Walters, and California's 46th congressional district, represented by Democrat Lou Correa. Orange as part of Orange County is known for its affluence and political conservatism a 2005 academic study listed Orange among three Orange County metros/cities as being among America's 25 "most conservative," making it one of two counties in the nation including more than one such town/city (Maricopa County, Arizona also has three metros/cities on the list). City of Orange's exhibit for the 1931 Valencia Orange Show, depicting Montezuma in an Aztec temple According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 3 Children's Hospital of Orange County 2,400 4 Orange County Transportation Authority 990 7 City of Orange 797 A view of the fountain presently positioned at the center of the Orange Plaza, dedicated on December 1, 1937.
A plaque at the fountain's base proclaims "Whoever passes here, let him remember the brave men of the Orange improve who have in all times gone to the defense of their country." Orange is home to parks, lakes, a small zoo, a university, and a wildlife sanctuary.
The Outlets at Orange, a large, outside shopping and entertainment center, is positioned on the edge of the city.
Their clubhouse, assembled in 1923 1924, is entered in the National Register of Historic Places. In 2009 Woman's Club of Orange, a member of the General Federation of Women's clubs, is still a very active and vibrant club of 180 members.
Since 1973, amid Labor Day Weekend, the plaza plays host to the Orange International Street Fair.
The "Villa Park Orchards Association" packing home, positioned along the former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway) mainline, is the sole remaining fruit packing operation in Orange County.
Orange is situated near many state freeways, as well as Interstate 5, also known as the Santa Ana Freeway.
The junction of "the 5" with two state highways (SR 57 "Orange Freeway" and SR 22 "Garden Grove Freeway"), generally called the "Orange Crush", is one of the busiest interchanges in Orange County, and is positioned on the southwestern edge of the city.
The easterly areas of Orange are served by the Eastern and Foothill Toll Roads, two of California's first toll highways, which connect the town/city with the metros/cities of Irvine and Rancho Santa Margarita.
Most highways do not go through Orange but rather begin or end there.
The former Mediterranean Revival Style combination depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Orange, California.
The town's first rail service, the Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway, was a 4.04-mile (6.5-km) long horsecar line that ran between Santa Ana and Orange, beginning in 1886.
One year later, the Santa Ana & Orange Motor Road Company purchased the line, using a steam "dummy" car and a single gasoline motorcar as its means of conveyance.
The Santa Fe, under its partner the Southern California Railway, laid its first tracks through Orange in 1886, and established its first depot the following year.
The route would turn into part of the barns 's famous "Surf Line", and by 1925, sixteen daily passenger trains (the Santa Fe's San Diegan) made stops in Orange.
During peak burgeoning seasons, as many as 48 carloads of citrus fruits, olives, and walnuts were shipped daily from the Orange depot as well.
The Orange Metrolink station's platform is situated adjoining to the former Santa Fe depot in the downtown Historic District, which is also home to an Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus station, is the second busiest station of the entire Metrolink train fitness due to its position serving as a transfer station for the Orange County and the IEOC Metrolink lines.
Orange Unified School District Public School District for Orange and encircling areas Orange High School Home of the Panthers Lutheran High School of Orange County Home of the Lancers The Lycee International de Los Angeles previously had its Orange County ground in Orange.
The Orange ground had 75 students in 2001. In September 2005 the school moved to its current locale in Santa Ana. In 1978 and 1979, the California Sunshine was a experienced soccer team that played regular season games in Orange.
The town/city roots for primary league teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of baseball and the Anaheim Ducks of ice hockey, right along the town/city borders athwart the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
In the town/city proper: the Sou Cal A's of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association play in Athletic (or Richland) Field.
Don Aase, born in Orange, MLB player Ronnie Creager, experienced skateboarder, born in Orange and lives there. champion, bicycle skills teacher for women, born and living in Orange, California Jessica Hardy, Olympic gold medalist swimmer, born in Orange Ruby Keeler, movie actress and part-time Orange resident, is buried in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange Park Acres, east of the town/city limits. Dean Koontz, novelist, once resided in Orange Hills and set many of his novels, such as The Bad Place, in the area. Gaddi Vasquez, Orange High Class of 1973, former Orange County Supervisor and Director of the Peace Corps and U.S.
Orange has five sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: Australia Orange, Australia France Orange, France List of exhibitions in Orange County, California Old Towne, Orange Historic District "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word).
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