Emerald Hills is a neighborhood in the
southeastern
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section of the city of
San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...
,
California
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, United States. It is bordered by
Oak Park and
California State Route 94
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on the north,
Chollas View
Chollas View is an urban community in the southeastern section of the city of San Diego. It is bordered by Webster and California State Route 94 on the north, Mount Hope and Interstate 805 on the west, Emerald Hills and Euclid Avenue on the e ...
and Euclid Avenue on the west,
Encanto and Skyline Drive on the east, and
Valencia Park
Valencia Park is an urban community in the southeastern section of the city of San Diego. It is bordered by Emerald Hills and Market Street on the north, Lincoln Park and Euclid Avenue on the west, Encanto on the east, and Alta Vista and National ...
and Market Street on the south. Major thoroughfares include Kelton Road and Roswell Street.
History
The area which constitutes Emerald Hills was once a burial site for the local
Kumeyaay
The Kumeyaay, also known as Tipai-Ipai or by their historical Spanish name Diegueño, is a tribe of Indigenous peoples of the Americas who live at the northern border of Baja California in Mexico and the southern border of California in the Unit ...
Indian tribe. The modern neighborhood is named for the Emerald Hills Country Club and Golf Course, established in the area in 1929. The club was sold in 1939 to Thomas Sharp (of Sharp Health Care) to build a transmitter site for his radio stations KFSD-AM/FM. Due to the proximity to the Chollas Naval Towers, the KFSD towers were not built until 1948. During the war Sharp continued to operate the golf course, and after the radio transmitter facility was built, Emerald Hills was lowered from an 18 hole course to a 9 hole. Sharp sold the remaining golf course to developers to be used for homes in 1958.
Landmarks and facilities
The highest point in
Emerald Hills
Emerald Hills is a neighborhood in the southeastern section of the city of San Diego, California, United States. It is bordered by Oak Park and California State Route 94 on the north, Chollas View and Euclid Avenue on the west, Encanto and Sky ...
holds a radio transmitter for
AM 600
The following radio stations
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KOGO.The transmitter site predates the community as it was built in 1948 for AM 600 KFSD, now KOGO.
Much of Emerald Hills is open space, including Radio Canyon. A portion of
Chollas Creek Chollas Creek is an urban creek in the city of San Diego that drains to the San Diego Bay
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flows through the neighborhood.
The Malcolm X Library and Performing Arts Center is located at 5148 Market Street.
Christian Fellowship Congregational Church (UCC) Christian Fellowship Congregational Church (Christian Fellowship UCC) is a United Church of Christ church located in southeast San Diego in the community of Emerald Hills. Since 1963 the church has been situated upon the former Emerald Hills Golf ...
is located at 1601 Kelton Road (site of the Emerald Hills Golf Clubhouse).
Education
Emerald Hills is served by the
San Diego Unified School District
San Diego Unified School District (formerly known as San Diego City Schools) is the school district based in San Diego, California, United States. It was founded in 1854. As of 2005 it represents over 200 institutions and has over 15,800 employee ...
. Public schools in Emerald Hills include Johnson Magnet
lementarySchool.
See also
References
External links
San Diego website
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Neighborhoods in San Diego