Editing Moorpark, California (section)

==Etymology==
The town most likely was named after the Moorpark apricot, which used to grow in the area (hence the apricot flower on the town's seal and flag).<ref name="McCormack, Don 1999 Page 107">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/mccormacksguides00donm_0/page/107|title=McCormack's Guides Santa Barbara and Ventura 2000|last1=McCormack|first1=Don|date=1999|publisher=McCormacks Guides|isbn=9781929365098|page=[https://archive.org/details/mccormacksguides00donm_0/page/107 107]|url-access=registration}}</ref> The apricot, in turn, was named for Admiral Lord Anson's estate [[Moor Park (house)|Moor Park]] in Hertfordshire, England; the apricot was introduced in 1688.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeGuide/TreeDetail.cfm?id=99|title= Moorpark Apricot| website=Arbor Day Foundation|access-date= February 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theproduceguide.com/doitem.php?pnum=344|title= Dried Apricots: History|website=Coosemans Specialty Produce|access-date=February 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.online-literature.com/walter_scott/journal-of-scott/32/|title= The Journal of Sir Walter Scott|last1= Walter|first1= Scott|date= May 27, 1828| publisher=The Literature Network|access-date= February 15, 2014}}</ref>

Some of Moorpark's previous unofficial and official names include '''Epworth''', '''Fremontville''', '''Penrose''', '''Fairview''', and '''Little Simi'''.<ref name="keys" />