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City: Escondido
Area Population: 49,273
Elevation: 558 feet above sea level
Distance from downtown SD: 30.5 miles northeast

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Escondido

Post Office
403 North Escondido Boulevard, Escondido, CA 92025
(800-275-8777) Map

Schools
Escondido

Central Elementary School (K-6)
122 West 4th Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-432-2431) Map - Website

Classical Charter Academy (K-6)
130 Woodward Avenue, Suite B, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-546-0101) Map

Felicita Elementary School (K-6)
737 West 13th Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-432-2444) Map - Website

Juniper Elementary School (K-6)
1809 South Juniper Street, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-432-2462) Map - Website

L. R. Green Elementary School (K-6)
3115 Las Palmas Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-432-2260) Map - Website

Miller Elementary School (K-6)
1975 Miller Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-432-2470) Map - Website

Grant Middle School (4-8/7-8)
939 East Mission Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-432-2452) Map

San Pasqual High School (9-12)
3300 Bear Valley Parkway South, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-291-6000) Map - Website

Center City High School (Alternative Education)
240 South Maple Street, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-480-3174) Map - Website

Escondido Adult School (Adult Education)
3750 Mary Lane, Escondido, CA 92025
(760-739-7300) Map - Website

Useful Links
Escondido

East County Magazine
Escondido Unified School District
Escondido Union High School District
San Diego County Business Directory - Escondido
Wikipedia - Escondido, California

Escondido (pronounced "eskun-DEE-doe") is a city located in northern San Diego County, California just north of the city of San Diego. Escondido has been recently referred to as the "it" city of San Diego County. The name means "hidden" in Spanish as it occupies a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city has a mild climate, a diverse economy and a growing population, making it the fourth largest city in San Diego County in terms of population.

Escondido was originally settled by Native American tribes. Spain controlled the land from the late 1700s to the early 1800s, and established many missions in California to convert the indigenous people. When Mexico gained its independence from Spain, the local land was divided into large "ranchos". The land that would become Escondido was Rancho Rincon del Diablo, a land grant that was given to Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1843 by the Mexican governor.

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico, and a key battle was fought in the area just south of Escondido. Known as the Battle of San Pasqual, it pitted Mexican Andrés Pico (the brother of then California governor Pío Pico) against Americans Kearny, Gillespie, and Kit Carson. A large park in Escondido is named for Carson.

The city was home to a large Spanish-speaking population in the first census back in 1850, but after the US won the war, non-Hispanic settlers came to Southern California in increasing numbers. The decade of the 1880s is known as the "Southern California Land Boom" because so many people were moving to the state. In 1886 a group of investors called the Escondido Land & Town Company purchased the 12,814-acre (52 km2) area. Two years later in 1888 Escondido was incorporated as a city - the vote was 64 in favor of cityhood with 12 votes against. Railroads like the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific were laid in the 1880s, and the opening of U.S. Route 395 in 1930 boosted economic growth in Escondido.

Escondido was primarily an agricultural community, growing muscat grapes initially. After a dam was built in 1894-5 to form what is known today as Lake Wohlford, oranges and lemons were planted in large quantity, as well as a number of olives and walnuts. By the 1960s avocados became the largest local crop. Since the 1970s, Escondido has lost most of its agricultural landscape to new housing developments.

From 1963-1968, the San Diego Chargers, then of the now-defunct AFL, held training camp in Escondido.

Through the 20th century the community grew and the economy diversified. Today the community has an economy based on agriculture, tourism, retail, services, light industry, and high tech.


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