Orange, California
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Orange is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. It is approximately Template:Convert north of the county seat, Santa Ana. Orange is unusual in this region because many of the homes in its Old Town District were built before 1920. While many other cities in the region demolished such houses in the 1960s, Orange decided to preserve them. The small city of Villa Park is surrounded by the city of Orange. The population of Orange was 139,911 as of 2020.<ref name="QuickFacts"/>
History
Members of the Tongva and Juaneño/Luiseño ethnic group long inhabited this area. After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portolá, an expedition out of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico, 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 area's first permanent European settlement in Alta California, New Spain.<ref>History Template:Webarchive.</ref>
In 1801, the Spanish Empire granted Template:Convert to José Antonio Yorba, which he named Rancho San Antonio. Yorba's great rancho included the lands where the cities of Olive, Orange, El Modena, Villa Park, Santa Ana, Tustin, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach stand today. Smaller ranchos evolved from this large rancho, including the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. Don Juan Pablo Grijalva, a retired known Spanish soldier and the area's first landowner, was granted permission in 1809 by the Spanish colonial government to establish a rancho in "the place of the Arroyo de Santiago".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
American era
After the Mexican–American War, Alta California was ceded to the United States by Mexico with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, and though many Californios lost titles to their lands in the aftermath, Grijalva's descendants retained ownership through marriages to Anglo-Americans.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Since at least 1864, Los Angeles attorneys Alfred Chapman and Andrew Glassell, together and separately, held about Template:Convert along both sides of the Santiago Creek (Glassell also had a Template:Convert parcel where Costa Mesa is today). Water was the key factor for the location of their townsite (bordered by Almond Avenue on the south, Lemon Street on the west, Glassell Street on the east, and Maple Avenue on the north). Glassell needed a spot he could irrigate, bringing water down from the Santa Ana Canyon and the quality of the soil may have influenced his choice. Originally, the community was named Richland, but in 1873 Richland got a new name. In the book, Orange, The City 'Round The Plaza by local historian Phil Brigandi, it states, "In 1873 the town had grown large enough to require a post office, so an application was sent to Washington. It was refused, however, as there was (and is) already a Richland, California in Sacramento County. Undaunted, the Richlanders proposed a new name – Orange."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The small town was incorporated on April 6, 1888, under the general laws of the state of California. Orange was the only city in Orange County to be planned and built around a plaza, earning it the nickname Plaza City.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Orange was the first developed town site to be served by the California Southern Railroad when the nation's second transcontinental rail line reached Orange County.<ref>According to company recordsTemplate:Citation needed</ref>
The town experienced its first growth spurt during the last decade of the 19th century (as did many of the surrounding communities), thanks to ever-increasing demands for California-grown citrus fruits, a period some refer to as the "Orange Era". Southern California's real estate "boom" of 1886–1888, fueled by railroad rate wars, also contributed to a marked increase in population. Like most cities in Orange County, agriculture formed the backbone of the local economy, and growth thereafter was slow and steady until the 1950s, when a second real estate boom spurred development. Inspired by the development of a region-wide freeway system which connected Los Angeles' urban center with outlying areas like Orange, large tracts of housing were developed from the 1950s to the early 1970s and continues today, albeit at a much slower pace, at the eastern edge of the city.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Orange approved the closure of North and South Glassell Street to open the Orange Plaza Paseo, where businesses located on each street could open socially-distant outdoor seating and patios. On December 8, 2020, the city council voted unanimously to continue to keep the street closed until state or local restrictions end or by council direction.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Geography
The city has a total area of Template:Convert, Template:Convert of which is land and Template:Convert of which is water. The total area is 0.58% water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>
Climate
Southern California is well known for year-round mild to warm weather:
- On average, the warmest month is August.<ref>iso=US&form=PRWLAS&q=335%20E%20Maple%20Ave%2C%20Orange%2C%20CA%2092866&el=g7Ozp8CoFMezIlEtUYVYMw%3D%3D: MSN Weather Retrieved September 9, 2017</ref>Template:Better source needed
- The highest recorded temperature was Template:Convert in June 2016.
- On average, the coolest month is December.
- The lowest recorded temperature was Template:Convert in December 1990.
- The maximum average precipitation occurs in January.<ref>Orange, CA: Weather Facts Template:Webarchive Retrieved May 7, 2009</ref>
The period of April through November is warm and dry with average high temperatures of Template:Convert and lows of Template:Convert. The period of November through March is somewhat rainy, as shown in the table to the right.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Climate chartThe Orange County area is also subject to the phenomena typical of a microclimate. As such, the temperatures can vary as much as Template:Convert between inland areas and the coast, with a temperature gradient of over 1 °F per mile (0.3 °C/km) from the coast inland. California also has a weather phenomenon called "June Gloom" or "May Gray," which sometimes brings overcast or foggy skies in the morning on the coast. Usually, it gives way to sunny skies by noon during late spring and early summer. The Orange County area averages Template:Convert of precipitation annually, which mainly occurs during the winter and spring (November through April) with generally light rain showers, but sometimes as heavy rainfall and thunderstorms. Coastal Torrance receives slightly less rainfall, while the mountains receive somewhat more. Snowfall is infrequent in the city basin, but the mountains in the surrounding areas receive snowfall every winter.
Cityscape
Old Towne, Orange Historic District, a one square mile around the original plaza, contains many of the original structures built in the period after the city's incorporation. It is a vibrant commercial district containing Orange County's oldest operating bank and many dining and retail amenities. The Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997,<ref name="rhp2">Template:Cite web</ref> and is the largest National Register District in California. The Old Towne Preservation Association is a non-profit organization that maintains the district.
Orange is unique among the region and the state because it has the second largest concentration of historic buildings.<ref>According to State Historic Resource Surveys.</ref> A list of all of the buildings and sites in Orange appears in the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="rhp2" /><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Civic Center was designed by Welton Becket in 1963.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Though Orange is now a fully developed city, there are still several unincorporated portions of land within the city that have not yet been annexed, including El Modena and North El Modena, Orange Park Acres, and Olive.
Biogeography
The most common native species: Hairy Sand Verbena, Red Sand Verbena, and Pink Sand Verbena.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
Orange was first listed as a city in the 1880 United States census.<ref name=1890CensusCA/>
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> | Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | % 2000 | % 2010 | Template:Partial |
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| White alone (NH) | 70,292 | 63,805 | 55,330 | 54.57% | 46.77% | 39.55% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,798 | 1,895 | 2,221 | 1.40% | 1.39% | 1.59% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 393 | 357 | 289 | 0.31% | 0.26% | 0.21% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 11,898 | 15,116 | 18,058 | 9.24% | 11.08% | 12.91% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 268 | 321 | 328 | 0.21% | 0.24% | 0.23% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 162 | 244 | 666 | 0.13% | 0.18% | 0.48% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 2,576 | 2,664 | 5,444 | 2.00% | 1.95% | 3.89% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 41,434 | 52,014 | 57,575 | 32.16% | 38.13% | 41.15% |
| Total | 128,821 | 136,416 | 139,911 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2020
The 2020 United States census reported that Orange had a population of 139,911. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Orange was 46.5% White, 1.7% African American, 1.3% Native American, 13.1% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 20.7% from other races, and 16.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 41.2% of the population.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>
The census reported that 95.1% of the population lived in households, 2.6% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 2.3% were institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>
There were 45,382 households, out of which 32.7% included children under the age of 18, 52.4% were married-couple households, 6.6% were cohabiting couple households, 25.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 15.7% had a male householder with no partner present. 19.4% of households were one person, and 8.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.93.<ref name=DP1/> There were 32,762 families (72.2% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The age distribution was 20.1% under the age of 18, 12.0% aged 18 to 24, 28.3% aged 25 to 44, 25.0% aged 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 37.0Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males.<ref name=DP1/>
There were 46,893 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 45,382 (96.8%) were occupied. Of these, 57.0% were owner-occupied, and 43.0% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $116,945, and the per capita income was $50,759. About 5.4% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010
The 2010 United States census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> reported that Orange had a population of 136,416. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Orange was 91,522 (67.1%) White (46.8% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name=quif>Template:Cite web</ref> 2,227 (1.6%) African American, 993 (0.7%) Native American, 15,350 (11.3%) Asian, 352 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 20,567 (15.1%) from other races, and 5,405 (4.0%) from two or more races. There were 52,014 Hispanic or Latino residents, of any race (38.1%).
The Census reported that 130,163 people (95.4% of the population) lived in households, 2,587 (1.9%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 3,666 (2.7%) were institutionalized.
There were 43,367 households, out of which 16,303 (37.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 23,572 (54.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 5,260 (12.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,424 (5.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,442 (5.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 373 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 8,480 households (19.6%) were made up of individuals, and 3,115 (7.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00. There were 31,256 families (72.1% of all households); the average family size was 3.42.
In Orange, there were 32,096 people (23.5%) under the age of 18, 16,420 people (12.0%) aged 18 to 24, 39,574 people (29.0%) aged 25 to 44, 33,698 people (24.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,628 people (10.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.
There were 45,111 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 26,319 (60.7%) were owner-occupied, and 17,048 (39.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.1%. 77,179 people (56.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 52,984 people (38.8%) lived in rental housing units.
During 2009Template:Ndash2013, Orange had a median household income of $78,838, with 11.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quif" />
Crime
Crime data showed that Orange was safer than 35% of U.S. cities, and that its violent crime rate of about one per 1,000 residents was lower than the national average of four per 1,000. Its property crime rate was higher, at almost 16 property crimes per 1,000 residents, though still lower than the national and state averages. There were 94 crimes per square mile in Orange, higher than the state average of 83 and national average of about 28.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 data indicated that year after yearTemplate:Vague crime had continually decreased by 10%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On March 31, 2021, four people were killed and two more were injured in a mass shooting at an office complex along Lincoln Avenue in north Orange.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), collected annually by the FBI, compiles police statistics from local and state law enforcement agencies across the nation. The UCR records Part I and Part II crimes. Part I crimes become known to law enforcement and are considered the most serious crimes including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Part II crimes only include arrest data.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The 2023 UCR Data for Orange is listed below:
| Aggravated Assault | Homicide | Rape | Robbery | Burglary | Larceny Theft | Motor Vehicle Theft | Arson | |
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| Orange | 196 | 2 | 14 | 84 | 933 | 1,234 | 281 | 8 |
Economy
Largest employers
According to the city's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the top employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | # of employees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California, Irvine Medical Center | 4,995 |
| 2 | Children's Hospital of Orange County | 3,938 |
| 3 | Sisters of St. Joseph Hospital | 3,500 |
| 4 | Chapman University | 1,300 |
| 5 | Santiago Canyon College | 950 |
| 6 | CalOptima Health Plans | 930 |
| 7 | City of Orange | 800 |
| 8 | Chapman Integrated Healthcare Holdings | 700 |
| 9 | Orange County Transportation Authority | 500 |
| 10 | Hilton Hotel Fera | 477 |
Arts and culture
Points of interest
The Orange International Street Fair has occurred annually over Labor Day Weekend in Downtown Orange since 1973. The fair draws an average of 400,000 in attendance every year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Sponsorship Kit</ref>
The Orange County Zoo is located in Orange at Irvine Regional Park.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Shopping includes The Village at Orange and The Outlets at Orange, an outdoor shopping and entertainment center that includes a skatepark and bowling center.Template:Citation needed
The Woman's Club of Orange, organized in 1915, holds an annual flower show. Their clubhouse, built in 1923–1924, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref># 97000617</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The "Villa Park Orchards Association" packing house, located along the former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway mainline, is the sole remaining fruit packing operation in Orange County.Template:Citation needed
The Lewis Ainsworth House is a restored house museum.Template:Citation needed
Architectural styles in Old Towne Orange
Architectural styles in Old Towne Orange include Bungalow,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Craftsman Bungalow,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Arts and Crafts Movement,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hip roof cottage,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mediterranean Revival architecture,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Prairie Style architecture,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Spanish Colonial Revival architecture,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Victorian architecture.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Registered Historic Places
- C Z Culver House<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Cypress Street Schoolhouse<ref name=":0" />
- First Baptist Church of Orange<ref name=":0" />
- Irvine Park<ref name=":0" />
- Lewis Ainsworth House<ref name=":0" />
- Lydia D. Killefer School<ref name=":0" />
- Old Towne Orange Historic District<ref name=":0" />
- Olive Civic Centre<ref name=":0" />
- Orange Intermediate School– Central Grammar School<ref name=":0" />
- Orange Union High School<ref name=":0" />
- Parker House<ref name=":0" />
- Plaza Historic District <ref name=":0" />
- Porter–French House<ref name=":0" />
- St John’s Lutheran Church<ref name=":0" />
- The Plaza<ref name=":0" />
Sports
Template:More citations needed In 1978 and 1979, the California Sunshine was a professional soccer team that played regular season games in Orange.
The city roots for major league teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of baseball and the Anaheim Ducks of ice hockey, right along the city borders across the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
In the city proper: the SoCal A's of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association play in Athletic (or Richland) Field.
Government
In the California State Senate, Orange is split between Template:Representative, and Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the California State Assembly, it is split between Template:Representative, and Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the United States House of Representatives, Orange is split between Template:Representative, and Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Orange, like much of Orange County, is known for its affluence and political conservatism – a 2005 academic study listed Orange among three Orange County cities as being among America's 25 "most conservative", making it one of two counties in the country containing more than one such city (Maricopa County, Arizona also has three cities on the list).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Orange remains a somewhat conservative city in recent years; however, in 2016, Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump by 1,463 votes (2.7%). Nevertheless, the city voted 3% more Republican than the average of Orange County, and nearly 14% more Republican than the state of California as a whole. In 2020, Joe Biden carried the city by a larger margin, winning 52.5% of the vote to Donald Trump's 45.2%, though this was still much narrower than his statewide margin.
According to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, as of May 15, 2025, Orange had 81,722 registered voters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Of those, 25,744 (36.87%) were registered Republicans, 22,162 (31.74%) are registered Democrats, and 18,759 (26.86%) were independents.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Education
All public schools (excluding Santiago Canyon College) in the region are managed by the Orange Unified School District, which serves approximately 28,000 students across the cities of Orange, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Villa Park, and some unincorporated parts of Orange County. High schools include Orange High School, Villa Park High School, El Modena High School, and Canyon High School.
Universities and colleges
Other schools
- International School of Los Angeles<ref>"Orange County Template:Webarchive." International School of Los Angeles. Retrieved on December 6, 2017. "ORANGE COUNTY CAMPUS 1838 N. Shaffer Street Orange, CA 92865"</ref>
- Eldorado Emerson Private School — preschool and K-12
- Lutheran High School of Orange County
Infrastructure
Transportation
Automobile
Orange is situated near Interstate 5, also known as the Santa Ana Freeway. The junction of I-5 with two state highways (SR 57, the "Orange Freeway" and SR 22, the "Garden Grove Freeway"), commonly called the "Orange Crush", is one of the busiest interchanges in Orange County, and is located on the southwestern edge of the city. The Costa Mesa Freeway (SR 55) also passes through Orange, meeting the eastern terminus of SR 22 in the southern part of the city. The eastern areas of Orange are served by the Eastern and Foothill Toll Roads (SR 261 and SR 241) which connect the city with the cities of Irvine and Rancho Santa Margarita.
Rail
The town's first rail service, the Santa Ana, Orange and Tustin Street Railway, was a Template:Convert long horsecar line that ran between Santa Ana and Orange, beginning in 1886. One year later, the Santa Ana and Orange Motor Road Company purchased the line, using a steam "dummy" car and a single gasoline motorcar as its means of conveyance. In 1906, Henry E. Huntington acquired the company under the auspices of the Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway and electrified the line.
Passenger service over the new line operated by Huntington's Pacific Electric Railway began on June 8, 1914, originating at the PE's depot on Lemon Street. The route provided freight service to the local citrus growers, in direct competition with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Pacific Electric sold out in 1961 to the Southern Pacific Railroad, who ultimately abandoned the line in 1964.
The Santa Fe, under its affiliate the Southern California Railway, laid its first tracks through Orange in 1886, and established its first depot the following year. The route would become part of the railroad's famous "Surf Line", and by 1925, 16 daily passenger trains (the Santa Fe's San Diegan) made stops in Orange. During peak growing seasons, as many as 48 carloads of citrus fruits, olives, and walnuts were shipped daily from the Orange depot as well.
Orange's former Santa Fe depot, in Mediterranean Revival style, still stands adjacent to the current Orange station, which uses the platform area. It was dedicated on May 1, 1938, and was closed with the discontinuation of passenger service in 1971, though commuter service resumed at the adjacent platform in 1993. The building was granted historic landmark status by the city on November 15, 1990. In July 2004, the facility was home to a Cask 'n Cleaver restaurant and was remodeled and reopened in 2011 as a Ruby's Diner.
Rail connections to Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and Northern San Diego County are provided by the Metrolink regional commuter rail network. The Orange station's platform is situated adjacent to the former Santa Fe depot in the downtown Historic District, which is also home to an Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus station, is the second busiest station of the entire Metrolink train system due to its position serving as a transfer station for the Orange County and the IEOC Metrolink lines. The former Santa Fe mainline links the cities of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego via a junction north of the station.
Airports
John Wayne Airport (SNA), in nearby Santa Ana, provides daily scheduled airline service for the area.
Emergency services
Law enforcement is provided by the Orange Police Department (OPD), which covers a jurisdictional area of roughly Template:Convert. OPD polices through three divisions; the Field Services Division, which consists of Patrol, Traffic Bureau, Communications Center, Crime Analysis, Bike Unit and H.E.A.R.T (Homeless Education and Resource Team);<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Investigative Services Division, which consists of Crimes Against Person, Property and Economic Crimes, Gang Unit and the Special Investigations Unit;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and finally the Support Services Division, which consists of Fiscal Affairs, Information Technology, Timekeeping, Personnel and Training, Crime Prevention/Analysis Unit, Volunteer Program, CERT, Facility and Fleet Services.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The department also operates a SWAT team.
Fire protection is provided by the Orange City Fire Department which has eight stations across the city, which house seven fire engines, one fire truck, one quintuple combination pumper, and four rescue ambulances.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The department is a member of the Metro Cities Fire Authority which provides emergency communications for multiple departments in and around Orange County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The department employs three battalion chiefs, which each manage a team of three shifts of 35 firefighters, each cross trained as an emergency medical technician.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Water Services
Water in Orange is supplied by the City of Orange Water Division, which sources its water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which imports water from the Colorado River and the San Francisco-San Joaquin Bay Delta. Groundwater is drawn by 11 municipal wells tapped into the Santa Ana River Aquifer. A small portion of water is purchased from the Serrano Water District.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
- Don Aase, MLB player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia">Template:Cite book</ref>
- Héctor Ambriz, MLB player for the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Indians<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Mike Ammann, soccer player
- Garrett Atkins, MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles and Colorado Rockies<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Shane Bieber, MLB player and former Cy Young winner
- Erica Blasberg (1984–2010), LPGA golfer, born in Orange
- James Blaylock, fantasy author
- Bert Blyleven, MLB player who played in the California Angels and once owned a cafe in nearby Villa Park
- Carlos Borja, soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Jeff Buckley (1966–1997), singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Danny Califf, retired MLS soccer player.
- Lauren Chamberlain, softball infielder, born in Orange<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Bud Daley, MLB player for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, and New York Yankees<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Mikey Day, comedian, writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live, born in Orange<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Deakin, member of Animal Collective, born in Orange.
- Rob Deer, MLB player for the San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, and San Diego Padres.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Zach Ertz, tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles, born in Orange<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Placida Gardner Chesley, WWI worker, bacteriologist<ref>"Two Graduates of Local High School to Go in Red Cross" Template:Webarchive Santa Ana Register (April 10, 1918): 7. via Newspapers.comTemplate:Open access</ref>
- David Fletcher, MLB player for the Los Angeles Angels
- Dominic Fletcher, MLB Player for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Charles Gipson, former MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Houston Astros<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ciara Hanna, born in Orange, martial art actress and Model Power Rangers Megaforce
- Casey Janssen, MLB player, born in Orange.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Chris Jent, NBA assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Steve Johnson, professional tennis player, two-time NCAA champion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Dean Koontz, novelist, once resided in Orange Hills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and set many of his novels, such as The Bad Place, in the area.
- Rusty Kuntz, baseball World Series champion player (1984) and coach (2015).
- Justin Lehr, MLB player for the Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, and Milwaukee Brewers, born in Orange.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Alexander Lévy (born 1990), professional golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Hunter Mahan, PGA Tour golfer, born in Orange.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Scott McAdams, former mayor of Sitka, Alaska and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Alaska in 2010, born in Orange<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Mike Pompeo (born 1963), US Secretary of State and past CIA Director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Linda Sánchez (born 1969), U.S. representative for California<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Sunny (birth name: Susan Soonkyu Lee), a Korean-American singer and entertainer, based in South Korea, who is a member of K-pop girl group Girls' Generation.<ref name="FamilySearch">Template:Cite web Template:Subscription required</ref>
- Derek Tran, U.S. representative<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Gaddi Vasquez, Orange County supervisor, Director of the Peace Corps, U S Ambassador
- Ginger Zee, meteorologist, ABC News and Good Morning America, born in Orange.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sister cities
- Template:Flagdeco Novo Kosino, Moscow, Russia
- Template:Flagdeco Orange, New South Wales, Australia
- Template:Flagdeco Orange, Vaucluse, France
- Template:Flagdeco Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
- Template:Flagdeco Timaru, New Zealand
Orange used to have two community partnerships with Utrecht, the Netherlands; and Santiago, Chile.
See also
References
External links
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