Tustin, California

Tustin is a city in Orange County, California, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area, bordered by Irvine, Orange, the unincorporated community of North Tustin and Santa Ana. The 2020 census counted 80,276 residents and the city covers about 28.9 square kilometres. The area was called Katuktu by its indigenous inhabitants and later received Spanish land grants, including the large Rancho San Antonio given to Jose Antonio Yorba in 1801. After California joined the United States, Columbus Tustin, a carriage maker from Northern California, founded the city in 1868 on 1,300 acres taken from the former Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. It was incorporated in 1927 with about 900 residents. During the Second World War a Navy airship base was built on unincorporated land to the south, with two huge wooden hangars that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city is sometimes called the City of Trees for the sycamores and oaks that grew here.