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San Diego officially became part of the U.S. in 1848, and the town was named the county seat of San Diego County when California was granted statehood in 1850. It remained a very small town for several decades, but grew rapidly after 1880 due to development and the establishment of multiple military facilities.
San Diego County ( / ˌsæn diˈeɪɡoʊ / ⓘ ), officially the County of San Diego ( Spanish: Condado de San Diego ), is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, [7] making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the United States.
With a population of over 1.3 million residents, the city is the eighth-most populous in the United States and the second-most populous in the state of California after Los Angeles. The city is the seat of San Diego County, which has a population of nearly 3.3 million people as of 2021. [15]
06-81736. GNIS feature IDs. 1661616, 2409396. Valley Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California, United States. The population was 9,277 at the 2010 census .
1859 – San Diego County votes to secede from California to form the Territory of Colorado, voting 207–24 in favor of secession [8] 1862 – 6.0 magnitude Earthquake. 1866 – Louis Rose lays out town of Roseville, later incorporated into San Diego. 1867. Alonzo Horton promotes move to "New Town", site of current Downtown.
The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.29. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 11.30% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years.
The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States.Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is the southernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California, and offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs ...
Old Town, San Diego. Coordinates: 32°45′27.45″N 117°11′44.11″W. The entrance of Old town. Old Town is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It contains 230 acres (93 ha) and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and south. [1] It is the oldest settled area in San Diego and is ...