Costa Mesa

Costa Mesa
/kos"teuh may"seuh, kaw"steuh, koh"-/
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 82,291.

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      city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. The city lies on a coastal plateau overlooking the Pacific Ocean, at the mouth of the Santa Ana River, 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Los Angeles. With Newport Beach it forms Orange county's “Harbor Area.”

      The area was originally inhabited by Shoshone Indians, who formed a village named Lukup along the Santa Ana River (called Wanawna by the Shoshone). With the coming of the Spanish, the land was divided. The city site, once part of Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana and the Irvine Ranch, became the hot-springs resort of Fairview. In 1889, however, flooding damaged the railroad connection to the city, and thereafter farming became the chief industry. Principal crops included apples, strawberries, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes. Laid out in 1906 as the town of Harper, it was renamed Costa Mesa (Spanish: “Coastal Tableland”) in 1920 for its location. Oil drilling soon supplemented the economy, and the construction of expressways in the 1950s stimulated residential growth. Light industries were developed, and the city is now an industrial and commercial centre for Orange county.

      Costa Mesa hosts the annual Orange County Fair. The city is the seat of Orange Coast (community) College (1948) and Vanguard University of Southern California (founded as Southern California College in 1920 at Pasadena; relocated 1950). The Estancia (1818), a station of Mission San Juan Capistrano, has been restored as a historical monument. The Orange County Performing Arts Center opened in 1986. Inc. city, 1953. Pop. (1990) 96,357; (2000) 108,724.

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