The Fletcher Hills are a low mountain range in the

Peninsular Ranges The Peninsular Ranges (also called the Lower California province) are a group of mountain ranges that stretch from Southern California to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula; they are part of the North American Coast Ranges, which ...

, in southwestern

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. The name Fletcher Hills also refers to a neighborhood near

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which lies primarily in the city of

El Cajon El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the va ...

and partially in La Mesa. The area was developed in 1927–1928 by San Diego developer

Ed Fletcher "Colonel" Ed Fletcher (December 31, 1872 – October 15, 1955) was a real estate developer and U.S. Republican and Democratic politician from San Diego, California. Fletcher was born 1872 in Littleton, Massachusetts, son of Charles Kimbal ...

.Fetzer, Leland (2005), ''San Diego County Place Names A to Z'', San Diego:

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, p. 48, .

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Mountain ranges of San Diego County, California Peninsular Ranges Hills of California El Cajon, California La Mesa, California Mountain ranges of Southern California {{SanDiegoCountyCA-geo-stub

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