When was valencia ca founded

The river was later called the "little" Santa Clara, and the valley accordingly took the name of Santa Clarita. Henry Mayo Newhall was born in Saugus, Massachusetts in An accomplished auctioneer and businessman real estate and railroads , Newhall purchased the Rancho San Francisco and granted a right-of-way to the Southern Pacific Company.

The first tracks connecting the San Francisco area with Los Angeles were laid across his ranch. He named the station Saugus, after his birthplace and the railroad named the town site he had granted, Newhall. First Gold Discovery: History tells us gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, but in actuality Jose Francisco de Gracia Lopez was responsible for the state's first gold discovery, which happened in Santa Clarita on March 9, - six years before James Marshall's discovery.

Legend has it Lopez' gold was clinging to the roots of wild onions, which were found beneath the "Oak of the Golden Dream," which still resides in Placerita Canyon. Today the restaurant is the oldest still-operating restaurant in Los Angeles County.

In , we celebrated our year anniversary as a county water district. Today, our operations include 10 wells with a combined production of 9, gallons per minute, four connections to State Water Project, 15 booster stations and 23 steel reservoirs with a total storage capacity of Since our early years, we have grown with the Santa Clarita Valley, building and maintaining a program to continuously provide customers with high-quality water at low cost.

A leader in customer service, Santa Clarita Water Division operates a service area of approximately 32 square miles in northern Los Angeles County that includes a portion of the City of Santa Clarita and unincorporated County areas in the communities of Saugus, Canyon Country and Newhall.

Water is supplied from both groundwater and imported water to over 28, service connections. A proud innovator in the constantly changing world of water supply, Santa Clarita Water Division operates and maintains a reliable and technologically advanced infrastructure of approximately miles of existing pipeline, 48 water tanks containing nearly 74 million gallons of storage capacity, 29 pump stations and 15 groundwater production wells.

We encourage our customers to do their part to ensure a reliable water resource by conserving water throughout their homes and workplace throughout the year. Valencia Water Company was incorporated on April 7, , in the state of California.

Valencia Water Company provides potable water service to approximately 31, customers within an area encompassing a portion of the incorporated City of Santa Clarita and within the surrounding unincorporated communities of Castaic, Newhall, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch and Valencia in northern Los Angeles County. Almost all of Valencia's villages are close to schools, shopping, and other amenities. In many of the villages, homeowner associations oversee the quality and upkeep of housing developments ranging in size from a few dozen homes to over a thousand.

Many villages also have a neighborhood watch program in force. Valencia also has a system of paved pathways over or under the streets and boulevards, which are called paseos. They connect the entire community, making it possible to travel throughout nearly all of Valencia on foot or by bicycle without crossing a street at grade level. Valencia is located near the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park. Neighborhood of Santa Clarita. Santa Clarita Valley. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing.

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