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== History == [[File:Portrait_of_Don_Bernardo_Yorba_by_an_unknown_artist.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Don [[Bernardo Yorba]], a wealthy [[Californio]] ranchero, owned [[Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana]], which included all of modern-day Villa Park.]] After the 1769 expedition of [[Gaspar de Portolá]], a [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] expedition led by Father [[Junípero Serra]] named the area [[Vallejo de Santa Ana]] (Valley of Saint Anne). On November 1, 1776, [[Mission San Juan Capistrano]] became the areas first permanent [[Europe]]an settlement in [[Alta California]], [[New Spain]]. In 1810, the [[Spanish Empire]] granted {{convert|62500|acre|km2}} to [[Jose Antonio Yorba]], which he named [[Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana]]. Yorba's rancho included the lands where the cities of [[Olive, California|Olive]], [[Orange, California|Orange]], Villa Park, [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]], [[Tustin]], [[Costa Mesa]] and [[Newport Beach]] stand today. After the [[Mexican-American War]] in 1848, Alta California became part of the United States in 1850 and American settlers arrived in this area. Villa Park was known as "Mountain View" in the 1860s.<ref>[http://villapark.org/About-Us/History#:~:text=Villa%20Park%20was%20not%20incorporated,Mountain%20View%20in%20northern%20California. City of Villa Park, California - The Hidden Jewel > About Us > History]</ref> The U.S. Post Office refused to allow the local post office to be so named as there was already a post office with that name in [[Santa Clara County]], so the post office and hence the area came to be called Villa Park after a [[Villa Park, Illinois|town in Illinois]]. It was then an agricultural area producing, in turn, [[grape]]s, [[walnut]]s, and [[apricot]]s. Finally, [[citrus]] became the major crop for about 60 years. Ranchers established the [[Serrano Water District]] in 1876, which still provides Villa Park's water, and founded the Villa Park Orchards Association (still a business in Orange, although the packing house that was a local landmark was torn down in 1983). In 2005, the Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) shrunk Villa Park's sphere of influence to zero due to its being landlocked by the city of Orange. Shortly after, LAFCO restored Villa Park's sphere of influence after an outcry from local community leaders.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taxin |first1=Amy |title=Villa Park will keep sphere of influence |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2005/10/08/villa-park-will-keep-sphere-of-influence/ |website=Orange County Register |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=8 October 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pasco |first1=Jean O. |title=Villa Park: To Be or Not to Be? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-22-me-villapark22-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=22 August 2005}}</ref>
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