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Oceanside, CA

Oceanside, California
City
City of Oceanside
Oceanside's Tyson St. Park beach
Oceanside's Tyson St. Park beach
Flag of Oceanside, California
Flag
Official seal of Oceanside, California
Seal
Location of Oceanside within San Diego County, California
Location of Oceanside within San Diego County, California
Oceanside, California is located in the US
Oceanside, California
Oceanside, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°12′42″N 117°19′33″W / 33.21167°N 117.32583°W / 33.21167; -117.32583Coordinates: 33°12′42″N 117°19′33″W / 33.21167°N 117.32583°W / 33.21167; -117.32583
Country  United States of America
State  California
County San Diego
Incorporated July 3, 1888
Government
 • Type Council-manager
 • City council Mayor Jim Wood
Deputy Mayor Chuck Lowery
Jerome M. Kern
Esther C. Sanchez
Jack Feller
 • City treasurer Gary M. Ernst
 • City clerk Zack Beck
Area
 • Total 42.174 sq mi (109.231 km2)
 • Land 41.235 sq mi (106.798 km2)
 • Water 0.939 sq mi (2.433 km2)  2.23%
Elevation 66 ft (20 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 167,086
 • Estimate (2013) 174,558
 • Rank 3rd in San Diego County
26th in California
 • Density 4,000/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes 92049, 92051, 92052, 92054, 92056–92058
Area codes 442/760
FIPS code 06-53322
GNIS feature IDs 1652761, 2411301
City flower Crimson Lake Bougainvillea
Website www.ci.oceanside.ca.us

Oceanside is a coastal city located on California's South Coast. It is the third-largest city in San Diego County, California. The city had a population of 167,086 at the 2010 census. Together with Carlsbad and Vista, it forms a tri-city area. Oceanside is located just south of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Originally inhabited by Native Americans, the first European explorers arrived in 1769. Spanish missionaries under Father Junipero Serra founded Mission San Luis Rey de Francia on a former site of a Luiseño Indian village on the banks of the San Luis Rey River. In the early 19th century, the introduction of farming and grazing changed the landscape of what would become Oceanside. The area—like all of California—was under Spanish, then in 1821 under Mexican rule, and then the U.S. in 1848.

In the late 1850s, Andrew Jackson Myers lived in San Joaquin County. A native of LaSalle County, Illinois, he returned in the late 1880s and lived in San Luis Rey. In 1882 Myers moved on the land that was the original town site for Oceanside. A patent for the land was issued in 1883 by the federal government. It was incorporated on July 3, 1888. The city hall as of the early 21st century stands on the former Myers homestead. The town post office contains an oil-on-canvas mural, Air Mail, painted in 1937 by Elsie Seeds. Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department.


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