Cypress
Cypress was originally nicknamed “Waterville” due to the preponderance of artesian wells in the area, but was incorporated under the name Dairy City in 1956 by local dairy farmers as a means of staving off developers and to preserve their dairies, much like the then-neighboring cities of Dairy Valley in Cerritos and Dairyland in La Palma. However, after World War II, the land became too valuable for farming or ranching, and the dairies gradually sold out to housing developers during the 1960s, so that by the 1970s, no dairies remained. Many of the dairymen moved their operations to Chino, where development is once again pushing them out of the area.
In 1957, local residents voted to change the name of Dairy City to “Cypress”. The name was taken from Cypress Elementary School, originally built in 1895, which took its name from the Cypress trees planted to protect the schoolhouse from the seasonal Santa Ana winds. Cypress Elementary School also provided the name for new Pacific Electric Railway station on Walker Street at Lincoln Avenue when the Santa Ana Line was completed in 1906, as “Waterville” had already been used elsewhere in the system.
In 1981 the City of Cypress inaugurated an annual birthday celebration for the City. The event, the Cypress Community Festival, may currently be the largest single-day event of its kind in Orange County, California. The Cypress Community Festival is held annually on the 4th Saturday in July at Oak Knoll Park, located adjacent to the Cypress Community Center at 5700 Orange Avenue, between Valley View Street and Walker Avenue.
Newly Listed Homes for Sale in Cypress, CA
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2/22/2012)
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$425,000 : 5161 New Mexico Ln, Cypress3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$470,000 : 4661 Myra Ave., Cypress4 beds, 2 full baths
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$270,000 : 6549 Orangewood Avenue, Cypress2 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$535,000 : 4622 Ashbury Ave, Cypress3 beds, 1 full, 2 part baths
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$454,800 : 8820 La Salle St, Cypress3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$345,000 : 4807 Fieldbrook Ln 16, Cypress3 beds, 2 full baths
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$390,000 : 4295 Via Largo, Cypress4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$319,000 : 9193 Walker St, Cypress2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$319,000 : 9191 Walker St, Cypress1 bed, 1 full bath
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$515,000 : 10492 Christopher Street, Cypress3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$880,000 : 4583 Tuscani Dr, Cypress5 beds, 3 full baths
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$365,000 : 5161 New York Ave, Cypress3 beds, 2 full baths
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$439,900 : 10251 Aqueduct Dr, Cypress4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$315,000 : 4828 AQUAMARINE Way, Cypress2 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$617,500 : 10488 N Santa Clara St, Cypress4 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$325,000 : 11260 Holder St, Cypress2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$300,000 : 4544 Larwin Ave, Cypress3 beds, 1 part bath
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$380,000 : 6862 Fogo Way, Cypress3 beds, 1 full, 2 part baths
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$389,900 : 11632 Luau Ln, Cypress4 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$329,000 : 8970 Diamond Ct, Cypress2 beds, 3 full baths
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$415,000 : 4221 Jade Ave, Cypress3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$369,000 : 4785 Larwin Ave, Cypress4 beds, 1 full, 2 part baths
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$499,000 : 4212 Marion, Cypress5 beds, 1 full, 2 part baths
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$549,000 : 4861 Grace Ave, Cypress4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$452,000 : 5235 S Brunswick Dr, Cypress3 beds, 2 full baths
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$229,990 : 5445 Twin Lakes Dr, Cypress2 beds, 1 full, 2 part baths
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$324,500 : 5471 Villa Way, Cypress0 beds, 0 baths
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$480,000 : 5198 Cumberland Dr, Cypress3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$329,000 : 10009 Denni St, Cypress3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$499,000 : 6092 Marilyn Dr, Cypress3 beds, 2 full baths
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