Coronado (
Spanish for "Crowned") is a
resort city in
San Diego County, California
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Cen ...
, United States, across
San Diego Bay from
downtown San Diego.
It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 20,192 in 2020.
Coronado is a
tied island which is connected to the mainland by a
tombolo (a sandy
isthmus) called
Silver Strand. Along the coast of Southern California lie four islands that were spotted by
Sebastian Vizcaino and his crew. They named them "Los Coronados". In the mid-1880s, businessmen bought the peninsula near Los Coronados with hopes to turn it into a resort. Later in 1886, the owners of this peninsula hosted a naming contest with the people resulting in the name "Miramar" winning, which was soon overturned due to the public not being satisfied with the name, so they borrowed from their cousin islands "Los Coronados" and named it "Coronado". Coronado is the
Spanish term for "crowned" and thus it is nicknamed ''The Crown City''. Its name is derived from the
Coronado Islands, an offshore Mexican archipelago.
History
Prior to European settlement, Coronado was inhabited by the
Kumeyaay, who sustained fishing villages on the peninsula in North Island and on the Coronado Cays. As American settlers moved into the area, the Kumeyaay were pushed out of Coronado, with the last six Kumeyaay families deported to
Mesa Grande Reservation in 1902.
Coronado was
incorporated as a town on December 11, 1890. The community's first post office predates Coronado's incorporation, established on February 8, 1887, with Norbert Moser assigned as the first
postmaster.
The land was purchased by Elisha Spurr Babcock, Hampton L. Story, and Jacob Gruendike. Their intention was to create a resort community, and in 1886, the Coronado Beach Company was organized. By 1888, they had built
Hotel del Coronado, and the city became a major resort destination. They also built a schoolhouse and formed athletic, boating, and baseball clubs.
In 1900, a tourist/vacation area just south of Hotel del Coronado was established by
John D. Spreckels and named Tent City. Spreckels also became the hotel's owner. Over the years, the tents gave way to cottages, the last of which was torn down in late 1940 or early 1941.
In the 1910s, Coronado had streetcars running on Orange Avenue. These streetcars became a fixture of the city until their retirement in 1939.
What is now the
Naval Air Station North Island was the first US flying school, founded in 1911 by
Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early a ...
. Curtiss was known for his
engines, which set records in distance and speed. He started with motorcycle engines, which led him to aviation. Coronado's weather and protected bay were attractive and he gained a three-year lease to train military pilots. During this time he created a new type of ship-launched seaplane and an amphibious aircraft.
On New Year's Day 1937, during the
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...
, the gambling ship
SS ''Monte Carlo'', known for "drinks, dice, and dolls", was shipwrecked on the beach about a quarter mile (400 m) south of
Hotel del Coronado.
In 1946, an African-American man from Coronado named Alton Collier was forced off of a San Diego and Coronado ferry by white sailors. The case was ruled a suicide until 2024, when the
Equal Justice Initiative declared a
lynching
Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged or convicted transgressor or to intimidate others. It can also be an extreme form of i ...
.
In 1969, the
San Diego–Coronado Bridge was opened, allowing much faster transit between the cities than bay
ferries
A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus.
...
or driving via
State Route 75 along the Silver Strand. The bridge is made up of five lanes, one of which is controlled by a moveable barrier that allows for better traffic flow during rush hours. In the morning, the lane is moved to create three lanes going southbound towards Coronado, and in the evening it is moved again to create three lanes going northbound towards downtown San Diego.
In 2007, the Coronado Police Department and the city was sued in civil courts after a Coronado police officer in civilian clothes shot multiple times the professional football player
Steve Foley.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of ; 7.9 square miles (20.5 km
2) of the city is land and of it (75.72%) is water.

Geographically, Coronado is a
tied island connected to the mainland by a
tombolo known as the Silver Strand. The Silver Strand, Coronado and North Island, form San Diego Bay. Since recorded history, Coronado was mostly separated from North Island by a shallow inlet of water called the Spanish Bight. The development of North Island by the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
prior to and during World War II led to the filling of the
bight by July 1944, combining the land areas into a single body.
The Navy still operates
Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI or "North Island") on Coronado. On the southern side of the town is
Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, a training center for
Navy SEALs and
Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen (SWCC). Both facilities are part of the larger
Naval Base Coronado complex. Coronado has increased in size due to dredge material being dumped on its shoreline and through the natural accumulation of sand. The "Country Club" area on the northwest side of Coronado, the "Glorietta" area and golf course on the southeast side of Coronado, most of the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, most of the Strand Naval Housing, and most of the Coronado Cays (all on the south side of Coronado) were built on dirt dredged from San Diego Bay.
Climate
According to the
Köppen climate classification
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system, Coronado has a
semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of se ...
, abbreviated ''BSk'' on climate maps.
Demographics
2020
The
2020 United States census reported that Coronado had a population of 20,192. The population density was . The racial makeup of Coronado was 75.8%
White
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, 3.3%
African American
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, 0.5%
Native American, 3.1%
Asian, 0.2%
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 4.4% from
other races, and 12.6% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.9% of the population.
The census reported that 86.5% of the population lived in households, 13.1% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.5% were institutionalized.
[
There were 7,384 households, out of which 28.7% included children under the age of 18, 55.2% were married-couple households, 3.5% were cohabiting couple households, 27.0% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.3% had a male householder with no partner present. 28.0% of households were one person, and 14.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.36.][ There were 4,931 families (66.8% of all households).
The age distribution was 18.3% under the age of 18, 17.2% aged 18 to 24, 20.7% aged 25 to 44, 22.7% aged 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 38.8years. For every 100 females, there were 108.3 males.][
There were 9,573 housing units at an average density of , of which 7,384 (77.1%) were occupied. Of these, 50.3% were owner-occupied, and 49.7% were occupied by renters.][
In 2023, 66.2% of those aged 25 and over had a bachelor's degree or higher. According to a 2023 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $135,056, and the median income for a family was $161,300. The ]per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
was $79,771.
Real estate in the city of Coronado is very expensive. According to a recent county-wide ZIP code chart published in '' The San Diego Union-Tribune'' in August 2006, the median cost of a single-family home within the city's ZIP code of 92118 was $1,605,000. In 2010, Forbes.com found that the median home price in Coronado had risen to $1,840,665.
By 2023, the median home value was $2.2 million, with more than a quarter of households earning more than $200,000.
Government and politics
Coronado is governed by a city council, which is presided over by a directly elected mayor. The mayor and councilmembers serve four-year terms. Council designates one of its members as Mayor Pro Tempore.
Coronado has long been a Republican stronghold; in 2013, about 47% of voters were registered Republican, 25% Democratic, and 24% nonpartisan.
Prior to 2020, the resort city had voted for the Republican nominee in each presidential election since at least 1964. From 1968 to 1988, each Republican presidential candidate received over 70% of the vote. However the city has been trending Democratic in recent years, with each of the last four Republican presidential candidates receiving less than 60% of the vote. In 2016, Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...
won Coronado with a plurality of the vote, and Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...
received the largest share of the vote for a Democratic candidate since at least 1960. In 2020, Democratic nominee and former vice president Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
won Coronado with 51.50% of the vote, becoming the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry the city in decades. This result was nevertheless significantly lower than his statewide vote share of 63.48%.
In the California State Legislature
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, Coronado is in , and in . In the United States House of Representatives
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, Coronado is located in California's 50th congressional district
California's 50th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California, and encompasses parts of the Mid-Coast and northeastern parts of San Diego County. Scott Peters (politician), Scott Peters is currently the U ...
, which has a Cook partisan voting index of D+14
and is represented by .
After California state law mandated that localities zone for affordable housing across the state, Coronado refused to comply with the law. Coronado mayor Richard Bailey described the housing development as "central planning at its worst" and refused to submit a housing plan that allows for construction of the required amount of homes.
Tourism
Tourism is an essential component of Coronado's economy. This city is home to three major resorts ( Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Island Marriott, and Loews Coronado Bay Resort), as well as several other hotels and inns. The downtown district along Orange Avenue, with its many shops, restaurants and theaters, is also a key part of the local economy. Many of the restaurants are highly rated and provide a wide variety of cuisine choices.
Golf on Coronado started in 1897 with a nine-hole golf course hosting the 1905 Southern California Open. Later, golf on Coronado migrated to a new site in the Southern portion of the island with 18 holes designed by Jack Daray Sr. Golf is a popular diversion on the island, entertaining 90,000 golf rounds annually.
In 2008, the Travel Channel
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rated Coronado Beach as the sixth-best beach in America.
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado, built in 1888, has been designated as a National Historic Landmark
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. Its guests have included American presidents George H. W. Bush
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, Jimmy Carter
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, Bill Clinton
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, Gerald Ford
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, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon
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, Ronald Reagan
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, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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, and William Howard Taft
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, as well as Muhammad Ali
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, Jack Dempsey, Thomas Edison
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, Magic Johnson, Charles Lindbergh, Willie Mays
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, Babe Ruth, Oprah Winfrey
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, and Robert Downey. Actresses Mary Pickford
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and Marilyn Monroe
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also stayed here.
"The Del" has appeared in numerous works of popular culture and was said to have inspired the Emerald City in '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''. It is rumored that the city's main street, Orange Avenue, was Baum's inspiration for the yellow brick road. Other sources say Oz was inspired by the "White City" of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.[Larson, Erik, ''The Devil in the White City,'' page 373, Vintage Books, New York, 2003, ] Author L. Frank Baum would have been able to see the hotel from his front porch overlooking Star Park. Baum designed the crown chandeliers in the hotel's dining room.
Once owned locally, Hotel Del Coronado is now owned by Blackstone (60%), Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. (34.5%), and KSL Resorts (5.5%). When Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. bought its stake in 2006, the hotel was valued at $745 million; as of 2011, the hotel was valued at roughly $590 million.
In popular culture
Scenes from Denzel Washington
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's film '' Antwone Fisher'' were shot in Coronado. Parts of Brian De Palma's film '' Scarface'' and Ron Howard's film '' Splash'' were shot at Coronado Beach. A film called ''Carbon'' featuring Whitney Wegman-Wood and Randy Davison was shot in Coronado near the restaurant Nado Republic.
Schools
Coronado Unified School District includes Coronado Middle School (CMS), Coronado High School, Silver Strand Elementary, and Village Elementary. Coronado School of the Arts, a public school-within-a-school, is located on the campus of Coronado High School. Among the city's private schools are Sacred Heart Parish School and Christ Church Day School.
Economy
Top employers
According to the city's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top 10 employers in the city are:
Notable people
* Lisa Bruce – film producer
* Johnny Downs – child actor who played "Johnny" in the Our Gang
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series of short films from 1923 to 1926
* Christa Hastie – contestant on CBS Survivor Pearl Islands, Season 7, 2003
* Lloyd Haynes – actor and television writer, known for TV series ''Room 222''
* Mary Beardslee Hinds – American First Lady of Guam.
* Mae Hotely – silent film
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actress who appeared in 85 films between 1911 and 1929
* Jim Kelly – martial artist and actor, starred in ''Enter the Dragon'' with Bruce Lee
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* Genai Kerr – U.S. Water Polo Olympian and NCAA All-American
* Anita Page – silent film actress
* Orville Redenbacher – popcorn marketer
* Sarah Roemer – actress and model, starred in 2007's '' Disturbia'' with Shia LaBeouf
* Rodney Scott – Chief of United States Border Patrol
* Tim Thomerson – actor and comedian, known for his portrayal of Jack Deth in the '' Trancers'' film series
* Wende Wagner – actress
*William Witney
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– film director
Music
* Kevin Kenner – concert pianist
* Mojo Nixon – musician and radio host
* Nick Reynolds – founding member of The Kingston Trio
* George Sanger – video game music composer
* Paul Sykes – singer
* Scott Weiland – former lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver.
* Tina Weymouth – bassist and vocalist of Talking Heads
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Commerce
* Charles T. Hinde – riverboat captain, businessman, original investor in Hotel del Coronado
* Doug Manchester – real estate developer and publisher of '' San Diego Union Tribune''
* Orville Redenbacher – businessman behind eponymous brand of popcorn
* John D. Spreckels – transportation and real estate mogul
* Jonah Shacknai – (CEO of Medicis Pharmaceutical) and his girlfriend Rebecca Zahau
* Ira C. Copley – publisher, politician, and utility tycoon
Military
Army
* William P. Duvall, U.S. Army major general, retired to Coronado
* Townsend Griffiss, first American airman killed in Europe following the United States's entry into World War II
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Marine Corps
*General Joseph Henry Pendleton, USMC – Mayor of Coronado from 1928 to 1930, namesake of Camp Pendleton
* Major General John H. Russell Jr., USMC – 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps, son of Rear Admiral
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Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...
John Henry Russell, USN and father of Brooke Astor, noted philanthropist.
Navy
* Captain Ward Boston, USN – World War II Navy fighter pilot
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, then attorney for the Naval Board of Review which investigated the 1967 USS Liberty Incident
*Admiral
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Charles K. Duncan – USN Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
*Admiral
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Leon A. Edney – USN
*Admiral
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Thomas B. Fargo, USN – inspiration for fictional Captain Bart Mancuso in film '' The Hunt for Red October''
* Alfred Walton Hinds - Naval officer and Governor of Guam.
* John S. McCain Sr. – grandfather of Arizona senator and U.S. presidential candidate John McCain
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*Admiral
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George Stephen Morrison, USN – father of The Doors
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' lead singer, Jim Morrison
*Commander
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Alan G. Poindexter, USN – NASA
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astronaut
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and Navy test pilot
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*Rear Admiral
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Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...
Uriel Sebree, USN – made two Arctic
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expeditions, was the second acting governor of American Samoa
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, and served as commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet
*Commander
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Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., USN – first commanding officer of Naval Air Station San Diego
*Vice Admiral
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Australia
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James Stockdale, USN – Medal of Honor
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recipient and 1992 candidate for vice president with Ross Perot
Politics and government
* Brian Bilbray – Republican politician and member of the United States House of Representatives
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* Alexander Butterfield – White House
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deputy assistant to Richard Nixon
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1969–73, a key figure in Watergate scandal
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* Don Davis – Florida politician
* Duncan Hunter – Congressman
* M. Larry Lawrence – US Ambassador to Switzerland
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and owner of Hotel del Coronado
* Cindy Hensley McCain – wife of Sen. John McCain
*John McCain
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– U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate
* Nathan Oakes Murphy – Republican delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona Territory and 14th governor of the Territory
* Dana Rohrabacher – Republican politician and member of United States House of Representatives
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* Donald Rumsfeld – former Secretary of Defense
* George G. Siebels Jr. – first Republican mayor
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of Birmingham, Alabama
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, born in Coronado in 1913.
* Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, American-born wife of abdicated King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Sports
* Layne Beaubien – 2008 Olympic silver medalist in water polo
* Cam Cameron – offensive coordinator for NFL's Baltimore Ravens
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, San Diego Chargers
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* Servando Carrasco – soccer player
* Chad Fox – Major League baseball
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pitcher for several teams, including Florida Marlins 2003 World Series championship team
* Ken Huff—former NFL player
* Fulton Kuykendall – former NFL player
* Jim Laslavic – former NFL linebacker
* Don Orsillo – play-by-play announcer for the San Diego Padres
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* Gene Rock – former basketball player
* Sven Salumaa – former tennis player
* William Thayer Tutt – past president of International Ice Hockey Federation
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, member of Hockey Hall of Fame
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Writers and poets
* L. Frank Baum – author of '' The Wizard of Oz'', which in part was written while he resided on Coronado.
* Landis Everson – poet
References
External links
*
A Timeline of Coronado History
- Coronado Historical Association and Coronado Museum
The Coronado Times Newspaper
- Newspaper covering news, events, sports and people of Coronado, CA.
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