San Diego County, California

Location: San Diego County, California
Surnames/tags: san_diego, california California

Contents 1 Early History of San Diego County, California 2 Cities & Towns 3 Historical Attractions 4 Online Resources 5 Cemetery Records 6 Census Records 7 Land Records 8 Newspapers 9 Libraries

Early History of San Diego County, California

The area which is now San Diego County has been inhabited for more than 12,000 years by Kumeyaay (also called Diegueno and Ipai/Tipai), Luiseño, Cupeño, and Cahuilla Indians and their local predecessors.

In 1542, the explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Claimed San Diego Bay for the Spanish Empire, and he named the site San Miguel. In November 1602, Sebastián Vizcaíno surveyed the harbor and what are now Mission Bay and Point Loma and named the area for Saint Didacus, a Spaniard more commonly known as San Diego. European settlement in what is now San Diego County began with the founding of the San Diego Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá by Spanish soldiers and clerics in 1769. This county was part of Alta California under the Viceroyalty of New Spain until the Mexican declaration of independence. From 1821 through 1848 this area was part of Mexico. San Diego County became part of the United States as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, ending the Mexican–American War. This treaty designated the new border as terminating at a point on the Pacific Ocean coast which would result in the border passing [1]

Cities & Towns

• Carlsbad

The first European land exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portolà expedition of 1769, met native villagers while camped on Buena Vista Creek. During the Mexican period, in 1842, the southern portion of Carlsbad was granted as Rancho Agua Hedionda to Juan María Marrón. In the 1880s a former sailor named John Frazier dug a well in the area. He began offering his water at the train station and soon the whistle-stop became known as Frazier's Station. A test done on a second fresh-water well discovered the water to be chemically similar to that found in some of the most renowned spas in the world, and the town was named after the famed spa in the Bohemian town of Karlsbad (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic). A mineral water company was formed by a German-born merchant named Gerhard Schutte together with Samuel Church Smith, D. D. Wadsworth and Henry Nelson. The naming of the town followed soon after, along with a major marketing campaign to attract visitors. [2]

• Chula Vista

Chula Vista (/ˌtʃuːlə ˈvɪstə/; Spanish for '"beautiful view"') is the second-largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh-largest city in Southern California, the fifteenth largest city in the state of California, and the 75th-largest city in the United States. The population was 243,916 as of the 2010 census,[9] and the estimated population as of 2019 is 274,492. Located about halfway—7.5 miles between the two downtowns of San Diego and Tijuana in the South Bay, the city is at the center of one of the richest culturally diverse zones in the United States. Chula Vista is so named because of its scenic location between the San Diego Bay and coastal mountain foothills. The area, along with San Diego, was inhabited by the Kumeyaay before contact from the Spanish, who later claimed the area. In 1821, Chula Vista became part of the newly declared Mexican Empire, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. California became part of the United States in 1848 as a result of the Mexican–American War and was admitted to the union as a state in 1850. [3]

• Coronado

Coronado is a tied island connected to the mainland by a thin strip of land called the Silver Strand. The explorer Sebastian Vizcaino gave Coronado its name and drew its first map in 1602. Coronado was incorporated as a town on December 11, 1890. The community's first post office predates Coronado's incorporation, established on February 8, 1887, with Norbert Moser assigned as the first postmaster. The land was purchased by Elisha Spurr Babcock, along with Hampton L. Story, and Jacob Gruendike. Their intention was to create a resort community, and in 1886, the Coronado Beach Company was organized. By 1888, they had built the Hotel del Coronado and the city became a major resort destination. They also built a schoolhouse and formed athletic, boating, and baseball clubs.

HOTEL 'DEL CORONA', CORONADO BEACH

Amusement Park, Tent City In 1900, a tourist/vacation area just south of the Hotel del Coronado was established by John D. Spreckels and named Tent City. Spreckels also became the Hotel's Owner. Over the years the tents gave way to cottages, the last of which was torn down in the late 1940s.

• Del Mar

Del Mar is a beach city in San Diego County, California, United States, incorporated on July 15, 1959. Del Mar is Spanish for by the sea The Del Mar Horse Races are hosted on the Del Mar racetrack every summer. In 1885, Colonel Jacob Taylor purchased 338 acres from Enoch Talbert, with visions of building a seaside resort for the rich and famous.

• El Cajon
• Encinitas
• Escondido
• Imperial Beach
• La Mesa
• Lemon Grove
• National City
• Oceanside
• Poway
• San Diego
• San Marcos
• Santee
• Solana Beach
• Vista

Historical Attractions

Online Resources

Cemetery Records

Find A Grave - San Diego County [4]

Census Records

• 1790 United States Census [5]
• 1800 United States Census [6]
• 1810 United States Census [7]
• 1820 United States Census [8]
• 1830 United States Census [9]
• 1840 United States Census [10]
• 1850 United States Census [11]
• 1860 United States Census [12]
• 1870 United States Census [13]
• 1880 United States Census [14]
• 1900 United States Census [15]
• 1910 United States Census [16]
• 1920 United States Census [17]
• 1930 United States Census [18]
• 1940 United States Census [19]

Land Records

Newspapers

Libraries