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Rancho Santa Margarita is a city in Orange County, California, United States. One of Orange County's youngest cities, Rancho Santa Margarita is a master-planned community . The population was 47,853 at the 2010 census, up from 47,214 at the 2000 census.
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Rancho Santa Margarita was a 17,735-acre (71.77 km 2) Mexican land grant in the Santa Lucia Mountains, in present day San Luis Obispo County, central California. The rancho was granted by Governor pro tem Manuel Jimeno Casarin in 1841 to Joaquín Estrada. [1] The grant encompassed present day Santa Margarita. [2] [3] It remains an active ranch.
The region primarily encompasses the cities of Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, and Rancho Santa Margarita, as well as the communities of Coto de Caza and Ladera Ranch. The cities of Aliso Viejo, Laguna Woods, Laguna Hills, and Laguna Niguel, as well as some of Orange County's eastern canyon communities, partially reside within the valley.
Pages in category "People from Rancho Santa Margarita, California" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Santa Margarita (Spanish for "St. Margaret") is a unincorporated community located in San Luis Obispo County, California. [2] It was founded in 1889 near Cuesta Peak and San Luis Obispo along State Route 58. The town's name comes from the Mexican Alta California land grant of Rancho Santa Margarita. It is home to the Santa Margarita de Cortona ...
Trabuco Canyon (Trabuco, Spanish for "Blunderbuss") is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains in eastern Orange County, California, and lies partly within the Cleveland National Forest. Trabuco Canyon is north of the city of Rancho Santa Margarita. Plano Trabuco ...
Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia, an 18th-century mission near the town; Santa Margarita Lake; Rancho Santa Margarita, California, a city in Orange County Santa Margarita Catholic High School, in Rancho Santa Margarita; Santa Margarita Formation, a geologic formation in the San Joaquin Valley, California