Santa Ana Valley

The Santa Ana Valley is located in Orange County, California and is bisected by the Santa Ana River. The valley is home to most of Orange County's central business districts. The cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Irvine, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, and Yorba Linda are located in the Santa Ana Valley.

History

This valley was named Vallejo de Santa Ana in 1769 after the Gaspar de Portolà expedition, of which Friar Junípero Serra was a part, as well as Sargeant José Antonio Yorba, and José Manuel Nieto. The mission located closest to the Santa Ana Valley is Mission San Juan Capistrano, which was built east of the San Joaquin Hills, in the present day city of San Juan Capistrano.

Ranchos

The historic Ranchos of California in the Santa Ana Valley area:

Greater Los Angeles Area
Central city	Los Angeles
Counties	Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino Ventura
Cities >200k	Anaheim Fontana Glendale Huntington Beach Irvine Long Beach Moreno Valley Oxnard Riverside San Bernardino Santa Ana Santa Clarita
Cities and towns 100k−200k	Burbank Corona Costa Mesa Downey East Los Angeles El Monte Fullerton Garden Grove Inglewood Jurupa Valley Lancaster Murrieta Menifee Norwalk Ontario Orange Palmdale Pasadena Pomona Rancho Cucamonga Rialto Simi Valley Temecula Thousand Oaks Torrance Ventura Victorville West Covina
Other towns	Agoura Hills Beverly Hills Calabasas Carson Compton Culver City El Segundo Gardena Hawthorne Hermosa Beach Lawndale Lennox Lomita Malibu Manhattan Beach Moorpark Palos Verdes Estates Rancho Palos Verdes Redondo Beach Santa Monica West Carson West Hollywood Willowbrook
Other communities	Bell Canyon Cornell Kagel Canyon Ladera Heights Marina del Rey Monte Nido Oak Park Rolling Hills Estates Redlands View Park–Windsor Hills West Athens West Rancho Dominguez
Area regions	Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city Antelope Valley Central Los Angeles Coachella Valley Colorado Desert Conejo Valley Downtown Los Angeles East Los Angeles Gateway Cities Greater Hollywood Greater Los Angeles Harbor Area Inland Empire Mojave Desert Northeast Los Angeles Northwest Los Angeles Orange Coast Palos Verdes Peninsula Pomona Valley Saddleback Valley San Bernardino Valley San Fernando Valley San Gabriel Valley Santa Ana Valley Santa Clarita Valley Simi Valley South Bay South Coast Metro South Los Angeles Victor Valley Westside Los Angeles
Landforms	Baldwin Hills (range) Channel Islands Chino Hills Hollywood Hills Los Angeles Basin Oxnard Plain Palos Verdes Hills Puente Hills San Fernando Valley San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Valley San Jacinto Mountains Santa Ana Mountains Santa Catalina Island Santa Monica Mountains Santa Susana Mountains Sierra Pelona Ridge Simi Hills Verdugo Mountains
Bodies of water	Aliso Creek Arroyo Calabasas Arroyo Seco Ballona Creek Bell Creek Big Bear Lake Coyote Creek Lake Arrowhead Lake Gregory Lake Perris Lake Piru Los Angeles Aqueduct Los Angeles River Malibu Creek Mojave River Pacific Ocean Pyramid Lake Rio Hondo San Gabriel River San Juan Creek San Pedro Bay Santa Ana River Santa Clara River Santa Margarita River Santa Monica Bay Tujunga Wash

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Santa Ana Valley

History

Ranchos

See also