The City of Yorba Linda has a rich history stemming from the original Yorba family, who traveled to California and began enriching the area to form a community. The city is known as the “Land of Gracious Living,” a phrase that has remained true since its founding.
Development in the Yorba Linda area by the Santa Ana River in 1966. (Courtesy of Orange County Archives)
In the 1800s, the community that would become Yorba Linda consisted of farmers and ranchers, planting citrus groves and building large ranch houses. The Yorbas were the first to establish these farmsteads with their arrival in the mid 1700s. They introduced their large families and households of servants and workers, changing the landscape and forming a church, where local residents could congregate together….