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San Ysidro (Californio Spanish for for "St. Isidore", Spanish pronunciation: [san iˈsiðɾo]) is a district of San Diego, California, immediately north of the Mexico–United States border. It neighbors Otay Mesa West to the north, Otay Mesa to the east, and Nestor and the Tijuana River Valley to the west; together these communities form South ...
The San Ysidro Mountains are towards the top of this image. On the upper center of the image, the neighborhood of Valle Imperial can be seen reaching into the Cerro San Isidro. Lying only 13 to 21 miles (21 to 34 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean , this mountain range rises out of the coastal plain of San Diego and Tijuana until it reaches a ...
The San Ysidro Port of Entry (aka the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry or the San Ysidro LPOE) [2] is the largest land border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, and the fourth-busiest land border crossing in the world (second-busiest excluding the crossings between mainland China and its two special administrative regions) [3] with 70,000 northbound vehicles and 20,000 northbound pedestrians ...
In 1822, José López and his brother requested a concession for the Rancho San Ysidro Ajolojol, east of what later became Rancho Tía Juana. [4] This ranch was reported in 1828 to be a stock range. [1] José Lopez was the son of Ignacio Lopez a soldier at the San Diego Presidio.
The Jemez River runs through San Ysidro, just north of where the Rio Salado joins the Jemez River. The village has been a farming community since 1699 when Juan Trujillo established a settlement named for San Ysidro, or Saint Isidore the Farmer. The Village was incorporated in 1967. An annual San Ysidro Fiesta Day is held each year in mid-May.
U.S. Custom House in 1981, detail of the porch on the west façade 1981 aerial view of the San Ysidro Port of Entry.The U.S. Custom House is at the lower center. The United States Custom House (also known as the Old Customs House) [2] in San Ysidro, San Diego, California, is a 1933 Spanish Revival–style building located 50 feet (15 m) north of the Mexico–United States border at the San ...
The San Ysidro Ranch is a luxury resort located in the Montecito foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Originally deeded with the Presidio by Charles III of Spain , the San Ysidro Ranch exchanged hands, changing from a Mission farm, to a Citrus Ranch, to its current role as a hotel acquired by Ty Warner in 2000.
The first colony was in the San Diego area. After public meetings, the Little Landers Corporation was incorporated on August 1, 1908. The resulting colony was located on the former Belcher Ranch. [4] It was named San Ysidro, probably after the patron saint of farmers, Isidore the Laborer, [5] and was formally inaugurated on January 11, 1909. It ...