San Juan Capistrano, California

San Juan Capistrano, also called San Juan or SJC, is a city in southern Orange County, California, in the United States. The 2020 census counted 35,253 residents. The city is named for Saint John of Capistrano and was founded by the Spanish in 1776, when Father Junipero Serra established Mission San Juan Capistrano. An earthquake in 1812 caused extensive damage and the community declined. After the Mexican secularization act of 1833 the mission village officially became a town and was briefly renamed San Juan de Arguello. After the American conquest of California it remained a small rural town until the twentieth century, when the restoration of the mission in the 1910s and 1920s turned it into a tourist destination and a backdrop for Hollywood films.