The City of Santa Paula, California is located 65 miles northwest
of Los Angeles and 14 miles east of Ventura and the coastline
of the Pacific Ocean. Santa Paula is the geographical center of
Ventura County, situated in the rich agricultural Santa Clara
River Valley. The City is surrounded by rolling hills and rugged
mountain peaks in addition to orange, lemon and avocado groves.
In fact, Santa Paula is referred to as the "Citrus Capital
of the World".
The original community that has become known as Santa Paula was
established by the Chumash Indians as the villages of Mupu and
Srswa. The land was later given away as part of a Spanish land
grant to Rancho Santa Paula and Saticoy in 1840. In the 1860's,
the area was subdivided into small farms. In 1880, oil was discovered
in Santa Paula leading to the formation of the Union Oil Company
in 1890. The City of Santa Paula was incorporated on April 22,
1902. In the early 1900's Santa Paula was considered the pre Hollywood
film capital, the Queen of the Silver Screen. Even today, Santa
Paula is noted for its movie personalities (silent and sound)
who resided in and adjacent to the city and a TV or movie crew
is not an unusual sight in the community. The City is a major
distribution point for citrus fruits in the United States and
is also noted for avocado producing and processing. The community
has a quaint, small town image, ideal climate and reasonable priced
housing, which is why Santa Paulans refer to their community as
"Hometown USA". Santa Paula maintains its own identity
and is in close proximity to the many tourist, recreational, and
cultural activities that abound in Southern California.
Santa Paula covers an area of 4.6 square miles and has a population
(as of the 2000 Census) of 28,598 which is 26.4% White, 71.2%
Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% all other races. The State of California
estimates Santa Paula's population at 29,281 as of January 1,
2005. Santa Paula is California's 232th largest city.
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