24 Facts About Fullerton CA

Fullerton CA is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States.

Fullerton CA'storically it was a center of agriculture, notably groves of Valencia oranges and other citrus crops; petroleum extraction; transportation; and manufacturing.

In 1837, the Fullerton CA area became part of Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana, granted to Juan Pacifico Ontiveros, a Spanish soldier.

The Valencia variety of oranges he promoted from his Santa Ysabel Ranch, well suited to the local climate, proved a boon to producers; Fullerton CA boasted more orange groves than any other municipality in the United States.

Fullerton CA was incorporated in 1904, but not officially recognized until 1907, due to conflicts at that time.

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Fullerton CA College was established at its present location at Chapman Avenue and Lemon Street in 1913.

Fullerton CA's population soared after World War II as American veterans migrated to California, bought housing in the land development which destroyed the surrounding farming and park areas, and in particular after the construction of Interstate 5 and development in neighboring Anaheim.

Southeastern Fullerton CA is historically the industrial sector, and is home to small manufacturing, particularly east of Raymond Street and south of Commonwealth.

Northern and western reaches of Fullerton CA are dominated by the Coyote Hills, a low-lying mountain range divided into the East Coyote Hills and West Coyote Hills.

West Coyote Hills is a ridge lying mostly in northern Fullerton CA, including 510 acres owned by Pacific Coast Homes that are the largest remaining tract of undeveloped land in north Orange County.

Fullerton CA is a General-law municipality with a council-manager government system.

Fullerton CA has one full-service hospital with an emergency room, St Jude Regional Medical Center.

City of Fullerton CA is served by three elementary and junior high school districts, two unified school districts, and one high school exclusive school district:.

Fullerton CA has four public high schools within the city limits, all part of the Fullerton CA Joint Union High School District:.

Fullerton CA has fifteen public elementary schools enrolling grades K-6: Acacia, Commonwealth, Fern Drive, Golden Hill, Hermosa Drive, Laguna Road, Maple, Orangethorpe, Pacific Drive, Raymond, Richman, Rolling Hills, Sunset Lane, Valencia Park, and Woodcrest.

Fullerton CA is home to one of the signature cities in the Make Music Day Alliance.

Since its inception, Day of Music Fullerton CA has grown into a popular and critical success, hosting over 150 performances in more than 40 venues around the city, including the Museum Plaza, Historic Fox Theatre, Hillcrest Park, Villa del Sol, and The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, among others.

Fullerton CA was home to the Golden Baseball League's Orange County Flyers, which disbanded in 2012.

From 1921 to 1984, Fullerton CA had the largest independent daily newspaper in Orange County, The Fullerton CA Daily News Tribune.

Fullerton CA is one of the few Southern California municipalities to be served by an independent newspaper, the Fullerton CA Observer.

The Fullerton CA Observer Community Newspaper is an all-volunteer 40-year old paper that is printed two times a month.

Fullerton CA was founded as a railroad town and is still bisected by the BNSF Railway.

Fullerton CA is crossed by five state-maintained highways, three of which are freeways.

Main road in Fullerton CA is Harbor Boulevard, a 23-mile road running from Costa Mesa to Rowland Heights.