Vista, California Location in the United States Coordinates:: January 28, 1963 Government • Type • Judy Ritter • John J. Fw150um Driver more. Aguilera Joe Green Amanda Y.

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Rigby John B. Franklin, • Patrick Johnson Area • Total 18.68 sq mi (48. Pl2303 Usb To Serial Bridge Controller here. 38 km 2) • Land 18.68 sq mi (48.38 km 2) • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km 2) 0% Elevation 325 ft (99 m) Population () • Total 93,834 (US: ) • Estimate (2016) 101,659 • Density 5,442.13/sq mi (2,101.25/km 2) () • Summer () () 92081, 5 feature IDs, Flower Bird Tree Website Vista (;: view) is a city in and is located in northwestern. Vista is a medium-sized city within the and has a population of 101,659. Vista's also includes portions of unincorporated San Diego County to north and east, with a in the central west. Located just seven miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, it has a Mediterranean climate. Originally the lands of and, Vista was founded on October 9, 1882 with the establishment of a.

It was incorporated on January 28, 1963 and became a on June 13, 2007. Vista has more than 25 educational institutions for youth, and a business park home to over 800 companies. Vista is ranked as the 173rd-best place in California for families, based on factors such as family life, recreational opportunities, education, health, safety, and affordability in a 2015 review. Rancho Guajome, Vista circa 1936 The Vista area was originally inhabited by the, who lived on the land until the founding of the in 1798.

The prosperity of the mission-era declined by the 1830s with the from Spain. The Mexican government began to grant land ownerships to a variety of people, thus beginning the Rancho era of California. Three ranchos were granted in the Vista area:,, and. In the 1850s the ranchos began to fade due to changing political conditions and the scarcity of water. A growing number of settlers came to the area after California became a state in 1850 and began to create smaller agricultural holdings. One settler in the Vista area, John Frazier, applied to open the first post office and after several attempts to name the city (Frazier's Crossing and were already taken), Frazier finally chose the name 'Vista'. With the opening of the first post office in 1882, Vista had officially arrived.