City of Anaheim
Anaheim's city limits stretch from Cypress in the west to the
Riverside County line in the east and encompass a diverse collection
of neighborhoods and communities. Anaheim Hills is a master-planned
community that is home to many sports stars and executives located
in the city's eastern stretches. Downtown Anaheim is notable for
its beautifully preserved vintage residences and historic districts,
the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. The Anaheim Resort,
a commercial district, includes Disneyland and the neighboring
hotel and retail complexes. The Platinum Triangle, a neo-urban
redevelopment district surrounding Angel Stadium, is planned to
be populated with mixed-use streets and high-rises. Finally, The
Canyon is an industrial district north of the Riverside Freeway
and east of the Orange Freeway.
The city of Anaheim was founded in 1857 by grape farmers and
wine makers from Franconia in Bavaria. The first such settler
was Daniel Kraemer. The colony was situated on 1,165 acres (4.71
km2).
Anaheim in 1879
Settlers voted to call the community Anaheim, meaning "home
by the Santa Anna River" in German. The name later was changed
slightly, to Anaheim. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors, the settlement
was known as Campo Alemán (Spanish for German Camp). The
grape industry was destroyed in the 1880s by an insect pest. Other
crops - walnuts, lemons, and of course oranges - soon filled the
void, fruits and vegetables having become viable cash crops when
the Los Angeles - Orange County region was connected to the continental
railroad network in 1886.
During the first half of the 20th century, before Disneyland
opened its doors to the public, Anaheim was a massive rural community
inhabited by orange groves, and the landowners who farmed them.
One of the landowners was a man by the name of Bennett Payne Baxter.
He owned much land in northeast Anaheim that today is the location
of Edison Park. He came up with many new ideas for irrigating
orange groves and shared his ideas with other landowners. He was
not only successful, he helped other landowners and businesspeople
succeed as well. Ben Baxter and other landowners helped to make
Anaheim a thriving rural community before Disneyland changed the
city forever. Today, a street runs along Edison Park which is
named Baxter Street. Also during this time, Rudolph Boysen served
as Anaheim's first Park Superintendent from 1921 to 1950. Boysen
created a hybrid berry which Walter Knott later named the boysenberry,
after Rudy Boysen. Boysen Park in East Anaheim was also named
after him.
The Disneyland theme park was constructed in Anaheim from July
16, 1954 to July 17, 1955 and has since become Anaheim's largest
tourist attraction. The location was formerly 160 acres (0.65
km2) of orange and walnut trees, some of which remain inside Disneyland
property. Hotels and motels began to spread and residential districts
soon followed, with increasing property values. In 2001, Disney's
California Adventure, the most expansive project in the theme
park's history, opened to the public.
In the late 20th century, Anaheim grew rapidly in population.
Today, Anaheim has a diverse ethnic and racial composition.
Under its city charter, Anaheim operates under a council-manager
government. Legislative authority is vested in a city council
of five nonpartisan members, who hire a professional city manager
to oversee day-to-day operations. The mayor serves as the presiding
officer of the city council in a first among equals role. All
council seats are elected at large. Voters elect the mayor and
four other members of the city council to serve four-year staggered
terms. Elections for two council seats are held in years divisible
by four while elections for the mayor and the two other council
seats are held during the intervening even-numbered years. Under
the city's term limits, an individual may serve a maximum of two
terms as a city council member and two terms as the mayor.
As of May 2006, Anaheim is served by eight public school districts:
* Anaheim City School District
* Anaheim Union High School District
* Centralia School District
* Magnolia School District
* North Orange County Community College District
* Orange Unified School District
* Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
* Savanna School District
Furthermore, Anaheim is home to 84 public schools [5]:
* Elementary 46
* Junior High 9
* High School 14
* Alternative Education 6
The City of Anaheim hosts one private university: Anaheim University.
Information Courtesy of: wikipedia.org
The information contained in this report has been gathered from
the MRMLS system, and from title records from Commerce Title Company.
For individual analysis of any particular area, city or neighborhood
please contact Edward J. Zorn, JD, CCIM at 888-573-9248 x.711.
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