Interesting facts about San Diego County
San Diego is California's second-largest city and the sixth-largest in the US, and is the second most populous of California's 58 counties.  Land area in square miles 4204.5.  One of the original counties, named after San Diego Bay, the bay had been named by Vizcaino for San Diego de Alcala de Henares, a Franciscan of the Fifteenth Century, on November 12, 1602.  San Diego County was incorporated: February 18, 1850.

In 1926, the bells from Santa Ysabel Indian Mission in San Diego County were stolen.   They may have been the oldest bells brought to Upper California.  One was inscribed "N.S. De Loreto 1729" and the other "San Pedro 1767."

From 80,000 to 160,000 tons of olives are produced in California each year; the first cuttings were planted in 1769 at the San Diego Mission.

San Diego's best known mining period - the Julian gold rush of 1870 - began when rancher Fred Coleman spotted gold in a creek in the Cuyamaca Mountains.

Stagecoaches first appeared in the San Diego region in 1852 with the establishment of erratic service between San Diego and Los Angeles. The route required two full days of travel

In 1951, Jack In The Box opened its first restaurant in San Diego, California, pioneering the drive-thru concept and featuring 18-cent hamburgers.

Baseball player Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres became the 22nd player to reach the milestone 3,000 career-hit mark on August 6, 1999.

San Diego County's overall growth rate between 1990 and 2000 is at 12.6%. Rural areas grew faster than urban areas:  Ramona 17%, Valley Center 17%, Fallbrook 18%, Jamul 30%, San Marcos 41%, and Pauma 56%.  Most of the recent development in rural communities consists of spacious homes on 1-or 2-acre lots.  So far the migration to rural areas has not yet hurt farming; acreage under cultivation has not changed significantly.

The California Academy of Tauromaquia in San Diego is a world renowned school for Matadors.

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