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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, earned it the nickname Plaza City. 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.
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- 1869 - Orange is settled
- April 6, 1888 - Orange is incorporated
- 1895 - Orange
Orange, a post-village of Orange co, Cal., near the Santa Ana River, in a fertile valley. It has a church and a graded school. Pop. in 1890, 865.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
Orange Union High School, Orange, Cal.
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Water Reservoir in Hewes Park, Orange, Cal.
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Orange, a banking city of Orange co., Cal., near the Santa Ana River on the Southern Pacific R., and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Coast Lines,...Read MORE... 
The Plaza, Orange, Cal.
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Orange Union High School, Orange, Cal.
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Water Reservoir in Hewes Park, Orange, Cal.
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The Plaza, Orange, Cal.
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1869 - Orange is settled
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April 6, 1888 - Orange is incorporated
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1895 - Orange
Orange, a post-village of Orange co, Cal., near the Santa Ana River, in a fertile valley. It has a church and a graded school. Pop. in 1890, 865.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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Orange, a banking city of Orange co., Cal., near the Santa Ana River on the Southern Pacific R., and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Coast Lines,... Read MORE...
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