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Welcome to Orange, CA

The City of Orange, located in central Orange County, approximately 32 miles southeast of Los Angeles in Southern California, has a population estimated at 127,600. Orange cover about 24 square miles of prime Southern California Real Estate, with a "sphere of influence" area of 55 square miles.

Orange Community

The City of Orange provides a full range of services for its citizens including planning and development, library, street improvements and lighting, recreation and parks, police, refuse collection & sanitation, fire, operates a water utility, paramedic, general administration, and aid to its citizens in the form of residential and commercial rehabilitation loans and economic development programs.

Population Per Year
1950	10,027 (*1)
1960	26,444 (*1)
1970	77,374 (*1)
1980	91,788 (*1)
1990	110,658 (*1)
1991	112,292 (*2)
1992	113,664 (*2)
1993	115,293 (*2)
1994	116,743 (*2)
1995	118,105 (*2)
1996	120,043 (*2)
1997	123,105 (*2)
1998	125,600 (*2)
1999	127,603 (*2)
2000	129,400 (*2)
(*1) April Decennial Census of Population (*2) January Revised Estimate, State Dept. of Finance

Orange Lifestyle

The Block at Orange - Offers entertainment and shopping to many of central Orange County homeowners. This "mega entertainment complex" includes Wolfgang Puck Grand Caf, Gameworks and a 30 screen cineplex movie theater to name a few. The Block at Orange It Aint Square.

The Mall of Orange - Conveniently located on Tustin Avenue off the 55 freeway between Lincoln and Katella. The recently renovated Mall of Orange features more than 100 specialty shops, restaurants, and other services.

Old Towne Orange - Located at the Intersection of Glassell and Chapman Residents and visitors have repeatedly voted historic Old Towne Orange Countys favorite downtown. The plaza conjures up images of Main Street, USA complete with outdoor dining, specialty shops, and the central plaza park. More than 60 antique dealers line the downtown streets, making Orange the antique capital of Southern  California. Many motion pictures companies have used this entire four square block area as a movie set location for feature films.

The Stadium Promenade - Features great entertainment and fine dining. It hosts the Century 25 movie theater (the only theater with the THX-certified sound system in the area)  and the Penske Racing Center. Town & Country is located across the street from Main Place Santa Ana, reopened in November 1998 after a complete renovation.

Orange Housing

Orange Employment

Orange is home to many leading businesses, hospitals, and commercial centers.

Orange Transportation

Orange Culture

Orange Recreation

Vans Skate Park is a 46,000 square feet, this is the worlds largest and most technically advanced skate facility. Vans Skate Park is located in the Block at Orange. Ideal for choosing Orange Real Estate.

Orange Education

Orange has excellent educational opportunities from preschool through post-graduate programs, including Santiago Canyon College and Chapman University and its Law School. Orange is served by the Orange Unified School District, which provides elementary, middle and high schools throughout the City.

Orange Climate

Orange Nature

Irvine Park is a 477-acre park including the Orange County Zoo, nature center, lagoon, mini-railroad, pedal boats, bike rentals, picnic areas with barbecues, and several miles of hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails. Facilities include four ballfields, a volleyball court, and eight horseshoe pits. Irvine Lake is a quiet, scenic fishing lake nestled at the base of the Cleveland National Forest, the 700-acre Irvine Lake is fed by Santiago Creek. The area boasts a variety of different features, including steep rocky cliffs, shallow coves, deep creek channels, submerged high spots, and overhanging trees. Irvine Lake provides and excellent fishing and family park environment, and a fishing license is not required. Irvine Lake features a fully-stocked bait and tackle shop, rental boats and private launch, and caf. The Orange County Zoo, located inside Irvine Park, the zoo houses 130 birds and animals native to the southwestern United States. Wildlife includes coyotes, deer, a mountain lion, and the famous Sampson the hot tub bear. In the petting zoo, children can feed cows, goats, sheep, and other barnyard animals.
Peters Canyon Regional Park offers a unique blend of native habitat and man's influence on the land. The park encompasses 354 acres of coastal sage scrub, riparian, freshwater marsh and grassland habitats. The 55-acre Upper
Peters Canyon Reservoir is home to many resident and migrating waterfowl. Willows, sycamores and black cottonwoods line the lake and Peters Canyon Creek which meanders through the canyon.

Santiago Oaks Regional Park and Nature Center This 350-acre wilderness park has five miles of hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian paths, which access 10 miles of trails to the adjoining Anaheim Hills. The Nature Center features natural history exhibits. Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary offers more than 150 species of birds have been sighted here, including scrub jays, California quail, and the sanctuarys popular hummingbirds (which are seen in the greatest numbers during March and April). Rodents and reptiles are on view in the nature center. William Harding Nature Center, located inside Irvine Park, the William Harding Nature Center contains a self-guided trail and interpretive center with nature films and exhibits of fossils, plants, and mounted animals.

Orange History

The history of Orange dates back to 1869 when lawyers, Alfred Chapman and Andrew Glassell accepted 1,385 acres of land from the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana as legal fees. Later, the two men laid out the town with a one square mile center which has become the symbol of the community known as the Plaza,  and ten-acre farm lots surrounding a forty acre central town site. The City of Orange was incorporated in 1888.  Today, the Plaza and the original one square mile town site contain many homes and buildings dating to the early days of the City and the site is registered on the National Historic Register.

Historical Sites
American Legion Hall, Post 132
Post 132 organized in 1919, but met for almost a decade in Orange City Halls basement. The Legion Hall was dedicated June 3, 1928, and looked much the same as it does today (except for the white paint that now covers the original tan stucco). Dairy Treet is known as Oranges oldest burger stand. Dairy Treet opened in 1949 on the former site of a local familys victory garden. For fifty years proprietors have been serving up burgers and fries and mixing shakes from real ice cream, fruit, cookies, and candy.  The Exchange Fine Arts Gallery, formerly the Sunkist Orange County Fruit Exchange Building, the structure was constructed in 1922 at a cost of $20,000; the exchange itself, however, had incorporated considerably earlier, on November 13, 1893. A few years after the Exchange closed its doors in 1994, colleagues Tom Porter and Lydia Passannante renovated and restored the structure, creating a fine art gallery with an Italian Renaissance-themed interior. In its new incarnation, the gallery re-opened on October 4, 1997. Grijalva Adobe Site, original site of Juan Pablo Grijalvas the first ranchero, builder, and colonizer of Orange Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana adobe home. The home has been destroyed, but a plaque marks the site of this California pioneers homestead. The House of Victorian Visions Bridal Museum operated by Eve Faulkner, boasts a collection of more than 30 gowns dating from 1835 to 1935, a period slightly longer than the Victorian Era. The collection includes gowns that belonged to women who would otherwise have been forgotten by history as well as those with more familiar names including a dress that belonged to Mrs. General Phineas Banning, which she wore to her daughter's 1896 wedding.

Pitcher Park was formerly the home of Henry and Grace Pitcher beginning in 1912, and the property was gifted to the City of Orange in 1988. The park features stone pathways through the property which lead you around clumps of trees, a lively flower garden, and vegetable plots, and stone tables some of which have inlaid checker/chess boards. Pitcher Park is also home to the Honey House and Orange Fire Museum. Unlike your typical park, bike riding, skateboards, roller-blading, and picking fruit are prohibited at Pitcher Park. The Villa Park Orchards Association bears the name of a neighboring city, but the Villa Park Orchards Association packinghouse has been located in Orange for more than 30 years. The association was established in Villa Park in 1912, when 48 local fruit growers organized to harvest, pack, and market their fruit; the organization incorporated in 1913. A second packing house, located at the former Santiago Orange Growers Association packinghouse in Orange, was required to handle the overflow of fruit from the Villa Park-based packinghouse. By 1981, though, the Villa Park plant had been vacated and sold. Now Oranges VPOA is one of only two operating packinghouses located in Orange County, and walk-in customers can still buy fresh fruit there. Watson Drugs & Soda Fountain, established in 1899, is the oldest drugstore in Orange County and the oldest on-going business in the City of Orange. The interior and exterior has been used to film many movies and commercials, including Tom Hanks film, "That Thing You Do," Barbara Edens film, "The Stepford Children," and Burt Reynolds film, "Cannonball Run." Town officials and newcomers alike receive a friendly greeting as they stop in for a hamburger and shake. The Orange Womans Club got its start in 1915 at a gathering of ten local women. Ground was broken for the clubhouse in 1923, and the building was completed within 120 days at a cost of $13,488.

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