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El Cajon takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was owned by the family of Don Miguel de Pedrorena, a Californio ranchero and signer of the California Constitution.. El Cajón, Spanish for "the box", was first recorded on September 10, 1821, as an alternative name for sitio rancho Santa Mónica to describe the "boxed-in" nature of the valley in which it sat.
An industrial area and port facilities on San Diego Bay The community contains many industrial areas, primarily shipbuilding and maritime uses, as well as many residences. In 2013 the neighborhood planning group drew up, and the City Council approved, a revised community plan which would have created a "buffer zone" of a commercial area ...
East County does not have an official geographic definition, although East County boundaries are unofficially drawn by the County of San Diego for its second district. [1] It commonly includes El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Poway, and Santee, as well as suburban and rural unincorporated communities such as Lakeside, Spring Valley, Jamul, and ...
State Route 54 (SR 54) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that consists of two segments in San Diego County.The westernmost part of the highway is known as the South Bay Freeway, beginning at Interstate 5 (I-5) in National City and running along the Sweetwater River before ending at the intersection with SR 125 and Jamacha Boulevard near Spring Valley.
El Cajon Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare through San Diego, La Mesa and El Cajon, California.Before the creation of Interstate 8 it was the principal automobile route from San Diego to El Cajon, the Imperial Valley, and points east as U.S. Route 80; it is now signed as a business loop of Interstate 8.
Bostonia is a neighborhood in San Diego County, California, comprising part of the northeastern portion of the city of El Cajon, as well as adjacent unincorporated areas of San Diego County. The portion of Bostonia that lies outside the El Cajon city limits is classified as a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes by the United ...
In 1961, the construction of the San Vicente Freeway was listed as a high-priority project by the California Chamber of Commerce. [36] During 1964, the county of San Diego received $1 million (about $8 million in 2023 dollars) [21] to construct SR 67 as a freeway from Pepper Drive to Broadway in the city of El Cajon. [37]
Before the marina was developed by the Port of San Diego, the bayfront was little more than an inlet of the bay. The Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan obtained inception due to a joint planning effort between the City of Chula Vista, the Port of San Diego , and Pacifica Companies - the private developer with an option to acquire land in the area.