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  Orange - History
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Parents > United States > California > CA Counties > Orange  
Websitehttps://www.ocgov.com/
Established March 11, 1889
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP January 30, 2020 11:13am
DescriptionFounded on March 11, 1889, Orange County, California was carved from Los Angeles County. Named by the legislature for the noteable and flourishing orange groves, the county became the seventh "orange" county in the United States.


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November 08, 1988 -


ORANGE exchanged small area with RIVERSIDE. Ordinance passed 27 September 1988; effective 8 November 1988. See 1999_pt.shp for the location of small, non-mappable changes.

June 04, 1889 - November 08, 1988


ORANGE created from LOS ANGELES. Act passed 11 March 1889; referendum for or against creation of new county held 4 June 1889. See 1987_pt.shp for the location of small, non-mappable changes. Calif. Stats. 1889, 28th sess., ch. 110/pp. 123-129

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