San Ysidro, San Diego
San Ysidro, San Diego | ||
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ZIP code 92173[2] |
San Ysidro (
History
San Ysidro is the archaic spelling of San Isidro in Spanish. It is named after Saint Isidore the Laborer, an 11th-12th century Spanish saint.
1829–1848: Rancho Tía Juana
After independence from Spain in 1822, the Mexican government started issuing land grants for ranchos. In 1829 it granted Santiago Argüello Moraga the 10,000-acre Rancho Tía Juana, which covered parts of what now are San Ysidro and Tijuana; his son Emigdio Argüello was granted the adjacent Rancho Melijo in 1833, on which they built "La Punta", an adobe house that was one of very few structures in the area until the late 1800s.[4]
1848–1900: Early U.S. period
After the 1846 Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded what is now the Southwest U.S. in 1848. San Ysidro found itself on an international border. The border was marked in the mid-1860s and the first customs building was erected in 1873. The border was unfenced until one was built in 1910 from the Pacific Ocean to Otay Mountain.[4]
San Diego was connected to the U.S. railroad network in 1885, spurring a real estate boom. In 1887, real estate firm Hart and Stern developed Tia Juana City on the site of today's Las Americas Premium Outlets, consisting of a single street with a drug store, saloon, hotel and boot shop and some scattered houses beyond. Floods washed out buildings in 1891 and 1895; Tia Juana City was not immediately rebuilt and settlers moved to higher ground.[4]
1900–1920: Little Landers
The
The city levied a commission on the sale of land which funded public improvements such as a library, park, irrigation systems, and a clubhouse. They maintained a retail market in San Diego where harvested produce was sold. In addition to growing vegetables, the community raised and marketed ducks, rabbits, and goats.[6][7]
The Little Landers community is known as one of the nation's first
George Smythe named the new settlement San Ysidro.[4]
1920–1950: residential community and border town
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With the rise of Tijuana, Mexico as a racing, gambling, drinking and entertainment destination in the 1920s, many American employees of these establishments lived in San Ysidro and worked in Tijuana.[4]
In 1924, the $12,000 San Ysidro Free Public Library opened; civic leader Frank Beyer donated the land as well as $7,000 towards the cost. The Louis Gill-designed San Ysidro Community Church opened in 1924, and the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church opened a few years later. The San Ysidro Bank and the Civic and Recreation Center opened in 1925. Beyer donated the land for the Civic Center. In 1931, the old customs facility was replaced with the existing historic landmark customs building.[4]
After 1933, with alcohol legalized in the U.S., gambling outlawed in Mexico and fewer American visitors to Tijuana, some homes were purchased by Mexican citizens working in the U.S.[4]
Following World War Two, there was a housing shortage in San Diego and as a result, new houses, apartment buildings and bungalow courts were built in San Ysidro.[4]
According to the San Diego city planning department, at this point San Ysidro was "now a full- fledged city that supported the various economic, social, religious, and recreational needs of the residents and visitors."[4]
Annexation
San Ysidro, along with the rest of South San Diego, was annexed by the city of San Diego in 1957; an attempt by residents in 1973 to reverse the decision was unsuccessful.[10]
1984 massacre
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On July 18, 1984, James Oliver Huberty, a 41-year-old former welder from
Climate
Climate data for San Ysidro, San Diego | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 89 (32) |
96 (36) |
95 (35) |
99 (37) |
102 (39) |
112 (44) |
109 (43) |
108 (42) |
111 (44) |
103 (39) |
98 (37) |
89 (32) |
112 (44) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 68 (20) |
68 (20) |
70 (21) |
71 (22) |
73 (23) |
77 (25) |
81 (27) |
83 (28) |
82 (28) |
78 (26) |
73 (23) |
68 (20) |
74 (23) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 45 (7) |
47 (8) |
49 (9) |
52 (11) |
56 (13) |
59 (15) |
63 (17) |
64 (18) |
63 (17) |
57 (14) |
49 (9) |
45 (7) |
54 (12) |
Record low °F (°C) | 22 (−6) |
24 (−4) |
29 (−2) |
35 (2) |
39 (4) |
42 (6) |
48 (9) |
50 (10) |
44 (7) |
30 (−1) |
28 (−2) |
22 (−6) |
22 (−6) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.56 (65) |
2.33 (59) |
2.50 (64) |
0.86 (22) |
0.24 (6.1) |
0.09 (2.3) |
0.03 (0.76) |
0.11 (2.8) |
0.28 (7.1) |
0.47 (12) |
1.22 (31) |
1.40 (36) |
12.09 (307) |
Source: [12] |
Border crossing
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San Ysidro is home to the fourth busiest land border crossing in the world.[13] It is the second-busiest border crossing between two sovereign nations (after the Johor–Singapore Causeway) and the busiest border crossing in the Western Hemisphere.[14][15]
Statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation state more than 15 million vehicles and 36.7 million people entered the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in 2019.[16] The great majority of these are workers (both of Mexican and U.S. nationality) commuting from Tijuana to jobs in the greater San Diego area and throughout southern California. There is also reverse traffic, both of workers traveling to maquiladoras in Mexico and those purchasing services or seeking entertainment in Tijuana. 2009 studies estimated that wait times for vehicles at the San Ysidro LPOE averaged 1.5 to 2 hours during the commuter peak period.[17]
For pedestrians, in 2012, morning waits to enter the United States could last more than two hours — and twice that time during peak weekend periods. Roughly one-fifth of the 25,000 daily northbound crossers remained in San Ysidro to work, shop, visit family etc., according to the San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce. Many more boarded the
San Ysidro is also where
Trucks cannot use the San Ysidro crossing and must use the Otay Mesa Port of Entry instead.[20]
An
Demographics
The 2010 census counted 28,008 people in San Ysidro, of whom 93% were Hispanic.
Of those over 5 years old, 60% spoke Spanish and English "well" or "very well". 13% only spoke Spanish, and 10% spoke only English.[1]
Emergency services
Police
The San Diego Police Department provides police services to the community. The area is serviced by the southern division headquarters at 1120 27th Street and a small substation at 663 E. San Ysidro Blvd.[24]
Fire and EMS
The
Education
Schools
The area is served by the San Ysidro School District (kindergarten through the eighth grade) and Sweetwater Union High School District.[26][27]
The high school district operates San Ysidro High School, which serves much of San Ysidro. Portions are zoned to Southwest Senior High School, with some rezoned from San Ysidro to Southwest in 2016. A small section of San Ysidro is zoned to Montgomery High School.[28] San Ysidro Adult Education Center, operated by the high school district, is also in San Ysidro.
Landmarks and facilities
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The
The San Ysidro Post Office opened on April 13, 1910 and closed on January 5, 1974.[30] It has moved to a new location on W. San Ysidro Blvd. and continues providing service today.
The San Ysidro
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San Diego's largest
Noted architect
See also
- San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area
- San Ysidro Land Port of Entry Expansion Project
References
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- ^ "San Ysidro ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ^ "Jurisdictions of the San Diego region". San Diego Association of Governments. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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- The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XXIII: 29–40. Retrieved 2009-07-10. Includes photos of early Little Landers farms.
- ^ a b ""Little Landers" Attempt to Solve Problem of Living Without Worry". Popular Mechanics. October 1914. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ^ Hine, Robert V. (1953). California's Utopian Colonies. San Marino, Calif.: Huntington Library. pp. 144–148.
- ^ San Ysidro, America’s last gasp, sdreader.com
- ^ Stein, Lou, San Diego County Place-Names, pages 88-89, Rand Editions-Tofua Press, 1975
- ^ "Proposed annexation" (PDF).
- ^ Gresko, Jessica (July 17, 2004). "20 Years later, San Ysidro McDonald's massacre remembered". North County Times. California. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ "Zipcode 92173". www.plantmaps.com. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ Sandra Dibble (11 July 2010). "Number of border crossings stabilizes". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "GSA Secures Funding for San Ysidro Land Port of Entry Project". www.gsa.gov.
- ^ "San Ysidro Land Port of Entry". www.gsa.gov.
- ^ "Workbook: Border Crossing Data". explore.dot.gov.
- ^ "Section 1.0, "San Ysidro LPOE Improvements Final EIS", US General Services Administration" (PDF).
- ^ ""Improvements promised for pedestrians at San Ysidro border crossing" San Diego Union-Tribune, 2012-11-04".
- ^ Andrew Becker; Agustin Armendariz (22 June 2012). "California Border Crossing: San Ysidro Port Of Entry Is The Busiest Land Border In The World". Huffington Post. California Watch. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Content Not Available | Caltrans" (PDF). dot.ca.gov.
- ^ "Major expansion planned for San Ysidro port of entry". Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News".
- ^ "The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News".
- ^ "Southern Division Facilities Locations and Hours of Operation". Archived from the original on 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ "Fire Station 29 | San Diego Fire-Rescue Department". Archived from the original on 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- U.S. Census Bureau. p. 5 (PDF p. 6/7). Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ "About SUHSD". Sweetwater Union High School District. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
[...]including the communities of [...]
- ^ "PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS (HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES SHOWN)" (PDF). Sweetwater Union High School District. Retrieved 2022-02-11. - Shown as approved
- ^ "Library Locations | Public Library | City of San Diego Official Website". www.sandiego.gov.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder Post Offices by Discontinued Date." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on September 26, 2010. "01/05/1974 SAN YSIDRO CA SAN DIEGO COUNTY 04/13/1910"
- ^ Nomination Form for National Register of Historic Places
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