Anaheim

Anaheim
/an"euh huym'/, n.
a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles. 221,847.

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City (pop., 2000: 328,014), southwestern California, U.S. Lying on the plain of the Santa Ana River 25 mi (40 km) southeast of Los Angeles, it was founded by German immigrants in 1857 as a cooperative agricultural community.

After 1950 its citrus groves and vineyards had all but disappeared in the Los Angeles-Orange Co. urban-industrial expansion. Walt Disney's first amusement park, Disneyland, opened there in 1955. Today it is a prominent convention site.

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      city, Orange county, California, U.S. It lies on the plain of the Santa Ana River, 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Los Angeles.

      Anaheim was founded by German immigrants in 1857—the land purchased was part of the Mexican land grant Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana—as a cooperative agricultural community. Its name is German, meaning “Home on the (Santa) Ana (River).” Grapes grown for wine were initially important, but, after disease decimated the vineyards, many of them were replaced with citrus groves. Other agricultural products included chili peppers and walnuts. Railroads soon linked the growers to eastern markets, which spurred the city's growth. After 1950 the community's citrus groves all but disappeared as a result of the Los Angeles–Orange county urban-industrial expansion. The opening in 1955 of Disneyland amusement park, one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, stimulated economic development in the city; Disney's California Adventure opened in Anaheim in 2001. The Anaheim Convention Center is also a significant economic asset. In the 1960s the city developed major aerospace facilities.

      Anaheim is home to two professional sports franchises, the Angels of Major League Baseball and the Ducks of the National Hockey League. Notable cultural attractions include the Anaheim Museum and the Hobby City Toy and Doll Museum. Anaheim hosts a Halloween Parade, an event first held in 1924; it was once dubbed the “Greatest Night Pageant West of Mardi Gras,” though its popularity has declined since the 1960s. Pearson Park, which contains an amphitheatre that hosts outdoor concerts, is a popular recreational spot. Anaheim forms a metropolitan complex with the cities of Santa Ana and Irvine. Inc. 1876. Pop. (1990) city, 266,406; Orange county PMSA, 2,410,556; (2000) city, 328,014; Orange county PMSA, 2,846,289.

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