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With the referendum having passed, the County of Orange was officially incorporated on August 1, 1889. [31] Since the incorporation of the county, the only geographical changes made to the boundary was when the County and Los Angeles County traded some parcels of land around Coyote Creek to conform to city blocks.
Incorporation came easy. On February 10, 1870, Governor Henry Haight signed the bill to create the City of Anaheim—the first city in what is now Orange County. A separate bill to create the County of Anaheim was already making its way through the State Assembly.
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By the mid-1950s, Orange County’s farms were being replaced by tract housing. Existing cities began annexing territory in every direction, and new cities incorporated almost every year.
When the new State of California was first divided into counties in 1850, what is now Orange County was simply the southern end of Los Angeles County.
In 1888, the City of Orange was incorporated, with a population of about 1,500. A year later, Orange County was formed out of the southern end of Los Angeles County. But by then, the real estate boom was winding down, and to make matters worse, a blight destroyed many of the local vineyards.
On November 1, 1776, the Franciscans built the first modern building of Orange County, known as the San Juan Capistrano Mission, which became the seventh mission of 21 in California. Father Serra soon fled the mission after it was built because of opposition by the American Indians.
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Orange County 1889 to 1909. 1889. County of Orange is Formed! Attorney Eugene Edwards of Santa Ana is re-elected to the State Assembly on a separation platform. He introduces a bill to create a new county south of Coyote Creek and allow voters to decide between Santa Ana and Orange as county seat.
