Santa Ysabel, California

Santa Ysabel
Unincorporated community
Santa Ysabel Asistencia
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Coordinates: 33°6′33″N116°40′23″W / 33.10917°N 116.67306°W / 33.10917; -116.67306
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Diego
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	92070
Area codes	442/760

Santa Ysabel (Spanish for "St. Elizabeth") is an unincorporated community in the Santa Ysabel Valley of eastern San Diego County, California.

History

The 1818 Santa Ysabel Asistencia is located here, a Spanish mission asistencia (sub-mission) of Mission San Diego de Alcalá. The town site is within the former Rancho Santa Ysabel, an 1844 Mexican land grant to José Joaquín Ortega and Eduardo Stokes. In 1878, what began as the town of Santa Ysabel began with a store owned by C. R. Wellington, and grew to include a hotel and a blacksmith. ^[1] By June 26, 1889, it had acquired its own post office. ^[2]

Today

Historic Santa Ysabel store

The town is located near the San Diego River, just north of the Cleveland National Forest at the junction of Highway 78 and Highway 79.

Other notable sights of the small town include the famous Dudley's Bakery and the Julian Apple Pie factory. The town serves as a gateway to the mountain areas of San Diego County, including the Laguna Mountains, Julian, and Palomar Mountain.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Santa Ysabel has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. ^[3]

References

1. Lynne Newell Christenson, Ellen L. Sweet, 2008, Ranchos of San Diego County, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN   978-0-7385-5965-0, pp.91-102
2. Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp.147-158
3. Climate Summary for Santa Ysabel, California