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The population of Irvine is approximately 171,700 (2004).
The amount of land area in Irvine is 109.612 sq. kilometers.
Irvine elevation is 208 feet above sea level. The Irvine median home price is $244,000. Irvine miscellany. Return to Index Irvine location: not far from Disneyland in Southern California. Here is a map page for Irvine.
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Irvine average annual rainfall is 10-13 inches per year History & History Related Items Irvine history: The entire area was once a large Spanish land grant. Financial problems forced the large land owners to sell their properties. Jose Sepulveda, one of these owners, sold his 50,000 acres to Benjamin and Thomas Flint, Llewellyn Bixby and James Irvine in 1864. These men were sheep ranchers who continued to graze sheep on their newly acquired land. In 1878, James Irvine bought out his partners giving him 110,000 acres. He died in 1886. His son, James Irvine Jr., inherited the land and incorporated it into the large Irvine Company by 1894. At this time he began to leave sheep ranching behind and switched over to field crops, olive and citrus orchards. The Irvine Company soldland to the government where they built two Marine Corps facilities. In the late 1950's, the University of California planned a new campus for Irvine. The company gave 1,000 acres and the state purchased 500 more. Plans were drawn up for a new city to surround the university. By 1970, Turtle Rock, University Park, Culverdale, the Ranch and Walnut were built. The residents voted for incorporation on 28 December 1971. Irvine has become a large, thriving area with all the aspects of a planned community, including both high and low density residential areas, shopping, the University of California at Irvine, Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, the Irvine Spectrum and Wild Rivers Water Park to name just a few attractions. Here is a history page for Irvine. Return to Index Irvine attractions: Photos and information for Irvine. For information on Irvine, please call: (949) 660-9112 Wild Rivers Waterpark Turtle Rock Nature Center Learn more about the area at Destination - Irvine The city vegetable is the Asparagus. The city insect is the Western Swallowtail Butterfly Sister Cities of Irvine. Return to Index
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