About Brea, California:
Brea's early reliance on the oil industry has waned since the "black gold" rush began less than 100 years ago. But back then, the villages of Randolph - Brea's first name - and Olinda grew as oil-riggers and their families came to town. Today, Brea officials consider the city one of Orange County's most prosperous, with new housing, an expanded shopping mall and a large downtown redevelpment project. Brea's future began in 1894, when landowner Abel Stearns sold 1,200 acres on the western edge of what then was Olinda village to the Union Oil Co. The first well was drilled a year later, and soon the surrounding hills were thick with wooden oil towers, according to "History of Brea, California: From Early Oil Field Days to 1950" by Purl Hardy. Randolph was built to the west of Olinda in 1908 for oil workers and their families. It reportedly was named for Epes Randolph, an engineer for the Pacific Electric Railway, which stopped at the little township on its Los Angeles-Yorba Linda route, Hardy wrote. In 1911, the town's name was changed to Brea, Spanish for 'tar'. By 1917 there were 732 people in Brea, and they incorporated as Orange County's eighth city. Brea now covers 10 square miles and has approximately 37,000 residents. A $120 million expansion was completed at the Brea Mall along with many other redevelopment projects. Point of Interest: Curtis Theatre, Brea Mall, and the Brea Gallery.
Brea includes the friendly communities of Ash Street Cottages, Birch Tree Racquetball Condos, Brea Canyon Villas, Brock Homes Country Hills, Canyon Country, Canyondale, Citation Series, Classic Homes, Corsican Villas, Country Club Park, Country Hills Estates, Country Road, Eagle Hills, Eastpoint Village, Fieldstone Terrace, Gallery Collection, Gardens, North Hills, Oaktree, Park Paseo, Shadow Mountain, Shadow Run, Somerset, Today, Villa Brea, Village at Brea Summit and Woodwalk. If you are looking to buy or sell a home in any of these fine communities, call Coast Capital. We're with you Every Step of the Way!
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