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Villa Park Orchards company history timeline

1801

1801 – Juan Pablo Grijalva petitioned the Spanish government for land that became Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, Orange County’s first rancho.

1868

1868 – The original Yorba lands were partitioned in 1868 and Leandro Serrano’s heir received what is today the Villa Park area.

1881

1881 – Villa Park starts their oldest tradition.

1881 – Mountain View School is opened to what is now present day Villa Park Elementary.

1887

There was an 1887 blight that ruined muscat grapes grown for the popular raisin crop.

1888

1888 – The Mountain View community established a post office but because Mountain View was already a city in California the post office rejected the name.

1904

1904 – The first city and community hall was built on the northeast side of Villa Park Rd. and Center Doctor

1910

1910 – Mountain View School changed its name to Villa Park School.

1914

By November 1914 VPOA membership exceeded 100 growers representing approximately one thousand acres of citrus.The initial decades of VPOA history were a time of extraordinary growth in the citrus industry.

1914 – Cerro Villa Heights is established.

1916

The Exchange, always a front-runner in modern advertising, began a highly successful national advertising campaign in 1916.

1920

1920 – Jotham Bixby Co. began selling parcels of land in a 250-acre sub-division named Cerro Villa Heights (northeastern Villa Park) in the Villa Park district.

1931

1931 – Santiago Dam and Reservoir (Irvine Lake) was completed.

1959

1959 – Fire Station 23 was established at Villa Park Road and Santiago Canyon Road.

1961

Villa Park became a city after its Property Owners Association voted in 1961 to launch an incorporation drive.

1962

1962 – Villa Park was incorporated on January 11th, 1962.

1962 – The first custom home is built, the brown residence.

1964

1964 – Villa Park High School and Serrano Elementary are established.

1970

1970 – Villa Park Shopping center (Town Center) opens.

1974

1974 – An office building with a plaza is added to the Town Center.

1982

1982 – The first Villa Park Dry Land Boat Parade is held.

1995

1995 – Friends of Villa Park (FOVP) founded in 1995 when the library was threatened with closures due to the Orange County bankruptcy.

Ventura County Fruit Growers – The packinghouse in Fillmore was acquired by Villa Park in 1995.

2002

2002 – The annual Halloween Fest was established.

2012

2012 – Villa Park turns 50 and holds 50th anniversary events throughout the year.

2018

Riverside– Purchased the assets of California Citrus Co-op in 2018

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