Garden Grove is a city in northern

Orange County, California Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, ...

, United States, located just southwest of Disneyland (located in Anaheim, CA). The population was 171,949 at the 2020 census. State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the city in an east–west direction. The western portion of the city is known as West Garden Grove.

History

Ramon Yorba (owner of Rancho Las Bolsas)

Garden Grove Methodist Church (43289714010)

19th century

Garden Grove was founded by

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in 1874. A school district and

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church were organized that year. It remained a small rural crossroads and farming community until the arrival of the Pacific Electric Railroad in 1905. The rail connection helped the town prosper with the influx of tourists, visitors and eventually settlers, and it was noted for its crops of oranges, walnuts,

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s and later strawberries.

20th century

In 1933, much of the town's central business district was destroyed by the

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, and one person was killed at the high school. The post-

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boom led to rapid development, and Garden Grove was incorporated as a city in 1956 with about 44,000 residents. In 1956,

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(now The Promenade) was opened at Chapman and Brookhurst, and upon its expansion in 1959, it had 60 stores, including a

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, 2 variety stores and 2 supermarkets, and billed itself as both the largest and the first regional shopping center in Orange County.

Strawberry Festival

An annual event held over Memorial Day weekend, the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is one of the largest community festivals in the western United States, attracting an estimated 250,000 visitors. It began in 1958 and celebrates the city's agricultural past, which includes cultivating crops such as chili peppers, oranges, walnuts and strawberries. Part of the festivities include the cutting of the world's largest strawberry shortcake, carnival rides, food vendors, live music, and a celebrity-filled parade. Numerous Garden Grove organizations, including the Miss Garden Grove Scholarship Program, are part of the Memorial Day weekend festivities every year. In commemoration of Garden Grove's 50th anniversary, the city painted some of its

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s with a design that featured a strawberry, recognizing the festival as a big part of Garden Grove's history.

Geography

Garden Grove has a rugged set of boundaries with many panhandles. The West Garden Grove neighborhood is west of Beach Boulevard and is largely separated from the rest of Garden Grove by the city of

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, with a small bridge of jurisdiction linking the two along Garden Grove Boulevard. A panhandle in the southern part of the town's borders situated between

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's Ward Street to the west and Santa Ana's Euclid Street to the east creates a small border with the city of Fountain Valley. Other neighboring cities include Cypress and

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to the north, Orange to the east, and the cities of Seal Beach and Los Alamitos to the west. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , 0.10% of which is water.

Demographics

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Garden Grove had a population of 170,883. The population density was . The racial makeup of Garden Grove was 68,149 (39.9%)

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, 2,155 (1.3%)

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, 983 (0.6%) Native American, 63,451 (37.1%) Asian, 1,110 (0.6%)

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, 28,916 (16.9%) from other races, and 6,119 (3.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 63,079 persons (36.9%).

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were 22.6% of the population, down from 90.6% in 1970. Vietnamese Americans numbered 47,331 of the population. At 27.7% this was the highest concentration of any city in the United States except for adjacent

. The Census reported that 168,942 people (98.9% of the population) lived in households, 1,234 (0.7%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 707 (0.4%) were institutionalized. There were 46,037 households, out of which 21,361 (46.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 26,659 (57.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 6,866 (14.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,588 (7.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,025 (4.4%)

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, and 269 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 6,491 households (14.1%) were made up of individuals, and 2,842 (6.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.67. There were 37,113 families (80.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.94. The population was spread out, with 43,763 people (25.6%) under the age of 18, 17,383 people (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 49,105 people (28.7%) aged 25 to 44, 42,106 people (24.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 18,526 people (10.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 7.7 males. There were 47,755 housing units at an average density of , of which 26,240 (57.0%) were owner-occupied, and 19,797 (43.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.6%. 96,308 people (56.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 72,634 people (42.5%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Garden Grove had a median household income of $59,988, with 15.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

Government

Local government

Garden Grove uses a council-manager form of government. In July 2015, the city was sued by a resident who claimed that the longstanding at-large elections had affected the Latino vote and was in violation of the California Voting Rights Act. On January 26, 2016, the city council voted to settle the lawsuit, and therefore adopted that council members would be voted by district (six districts total) and no longer at-large; the mayor, however, will continue to be elected at-large. The

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consists of

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, Phat Bui, George S. Brietigam III, John R. O'Neill, Thu-Ha Nguyen, Stephanie Klopfenstein, and mayor pro tem Kim B. Nguyen. According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $206.0 million in revenues, $193.0 million in expenditures, $1,098.9 million in total assets, $251.5 million in total liabilities, and $196.3 million in cash and investments. The following list of city officials is current as of August 2019.

Emergency services

The Garden Grove Police Department provides law enforcement, with mutual aid assistance offered at times by the

Police Department's helicopter and the Orange County Sheriff's Department Air Unit. In August 2019, the city of Garden Grove entered into a 10-year contract with the

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(OCFA) for fire and rescue services, and merged all existing Garden Grove Fire Department personnel and equipment into the OCFA.

State and federal representation

In the

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, Garden Grove is in . In the California State Assembly, Garden Grove is split between , , and . In the

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, Garden Grove is split between California's 46th, 47th, and 48th congressional districts, which are represented by , , and , respectively.

Politics

According to the

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, as of October 22, 2018, Garden Grove has 72,768 registered voters. Of those, 26,604 (36.56%) are registered Democrats, 21,449 (29.48%) are registered Republicans, and 21,941 (30.15%) have declined to state a political party/are independents. Although Democrat Kamala Harris easily won California and also won Orange County in the 2016 United States Senate election, Democrat

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easily won Garden Grove by a 67%-33% margin, her widest margin of victory for any city in Orange County. Garden Grove, although traditionally Republican in presidential elections, has voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in each of the last three presidential elections. Hillary Rodham Clinton carried the city by a 23-point margin in 2016. In

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, however, Joe Biden managed to keep the city in the Democratic column by just over a point, largely because of gains Donald J. Trump made in Orange County's Vietnamese community.

Economy

According to the city's 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

Education

The Garden Grove Unified School District serves most of the city, as well as the Westminster School District,

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, Anaheim Union High School District and the

Orange Unified School District Orange Unified School District (OUSD) is a public school district headquartered in Orange, California. Orange USD serves the cities of Orange and Villa Park, the unincorporated land of Silverado, and parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa ...

, which serves portions in Garden Grove. King of Kings Lutheran School is a Christian school (3K-8th grade) of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) in Garden Grove.

Arts and culture

Garden Grove is home to two stage theaters, the Gem Theater and the Festival Amphitheater. The Festival Amphitheater hosts Shakespeare Orange County, which presents an annual Shakespeare Festival each summer. Both venues are owned by the City of Garden Grove, but operated by outside entities. The Gem Theater is currently operated by Damien Lorton and Nicole Cassesso of 'One More Productions'. The Festival Amphitheater is managed by Thomas Bradac, the producing artistic director of Shakespeare Orange County. The Garden Grove Playhouse used to be an active theatre, now closed down. It was operated by a non-profit group of the same name. The song "Garden Grove" by

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details taking a trip to Garden Grove.

Notable people

Entertainment

* Justin Chon, actor * Wally George, talk-show host * Scott Klopfenstein, backup singer, keyboardist, trumpeter and guitarist for the ska-punk band

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, lead singer,

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, also wrote the song "

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" about the city * Steve Martin, actor, comedian, musician and writer; graduate of Garden Grove High School * Jennette McCurdy, podcaster, author and actress, '' iCarly'' and '' Sam & Cat'' * Monique Powell, lead singer, Save Ferris *

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, actress, notably who accused movie mogul

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in 1929 of rape *

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, lead guitarist,

* Atreyu, a metalcore band * Kieu Chinh, actress * Poreotics, dance crew * Dave Mustaine, lead singer,

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; played baseball in Garden Grove Eastside Little League, lived on Pearce Ave * Basil "Bill" Poledouris, musician; motion picture film score music composer * Vicky Nguyen, news reporter, KFYR-TV, NBC Affiliate * Shubhendra Shankar, musician, composer and graphic artist *

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, musician and guitarist for

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* David J. Peterson, creator of the

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and Valyrian languages from HBO's '' Game of Thrones''

Sports

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pitcher, Hall of Famer, color commentator, graduate of Santiago High School * Ed Caruthers, Olympic silver medalist, 1968 Mexico City. Taught at Bolsa Grande High School. * Bobby Crosby, MLB Rookie of the Year (2004), attended Pacifica High School and La Quinta High School * Mary Decker, runner in National Track and Field Hall of Fame; grew up in Garden Grove *

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, MLB player with Mets, Phillies; graduate of Garden Grove High School *

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, Olympic gold medalist in softball (2004), attended Pacifica High School, Bell Intermediate and Patton Elementary *

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, soccer player for

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, Olympic swimmer, silver medalist *

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, legendary surfer and surfing innovator *

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, football player * Jeremy Jackson, mixed martial artist * Norm Johnson, NFL kicker * Darryl Kile, MLB pitcher * Leah O'Brien, softball infielder, Olympic gold medalist 1996 *

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, MLB third baseman, graduate of Rancho Alamitos High School * Nam Phan, mixed martial artist * Troy Polamalu, NFL player with the

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* Dennis Sigalos,

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rider, winner of the 1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship *

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, MLB player * Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and artist * Alan Trammell, MLB shortstop and manager for the

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* Matt Treanor, MLB catcher * Randy Vataha, football player at Stanford,

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's favorite receiver

Politics

* Jim Silva, former California Assemblyman, former Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, former Mayor of Seal Beach * Bill Thomas, retired U.S. Congressman and former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee (and alumnus of Garden Grove High School) *

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, former U.S. Congressman. * Janet Nguyen, Orange County supervisor * Curt Pringle, former State Assemblyman, Speaker of the California State Assembly and former mayor of

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, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Assumed office May 22, 2012, born in Garden Grove August 25, 1967

Others

* Steve Fossett, aviator and adventurer *

Michael A. Monsoor Michael Anthony Monsoor (April 5, 1981September 29, 2006) was a United States Navy SEAL who was killed during Invasion of Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 2001 and graduated from Basic Un ...

, Navy SEAL, Medal of Honor recipient *

Tibor Rubin Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the ...

, Medal of Honor recipient * Robert H. Schuller, television evangelist * Nicole Brown Simpson, murder victim and former wife of O.J. Simpson

Sister cities

* Anyang, South Korea

References

External links

*
The Garden Grove Journal

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History

19th century

20th century

Strawberry Festival

Geography

Demographics

2010

Government

Local government

Emergency services

State and federal representation

Politics

Economy

Education

Arts and culture

Notable people

Entertainment

Sports

Politics

Others

Sister cities

See also

References

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