Orange County, California
With a population of 2,846,289 (2000 census), Orange County is the third most populous county in the state of California. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by Los Angeles County, the east by Riverside County, and the south by San Diego County.
In recent years, the county has been characterized by conflict between the older northern and newer, wealthier, southern cities over development, the building of new toll roads, and the proposed building of an international airport at the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station to supplement the crowded John Wayne Airport.
Orange County contains the following incorporated cities:
- Anaheim (Disneyland)
- Brea
- Buena Park (Knott's Berry Farm)
- Costa Mesa
- Cypress
- Dana Point
- Fountain Valley
- Fullerton
- Garden Grove
- Huntington Beach
- Irvine (University of California, Irvine)
- La Habra
- Laguna Beach
- Laguna Hills
- Laguna Niguel
- Laguna Woods
- Lake Forest
- Los Alamitos
- Mission Viejo
- Newport Beach
- Orange (Chapman University)
- Placentia
- San Clemente
- San Juan Capistrano
- Santa Ana (County seat)
- Seal Beach
- Stanton
- Tustin
- Villa Park
- Westminster
- Yorba Linda (birthplace of Richard Nixon)
The Orange County government maintains a web site at: http://www.oc.ca.gov/