Discovering Cities in California Series - Cypress

Welcome to Cypress, California.
Located in region 5.
The county is Orange.
The city has more then 47,000 residents living in 6.6 square miles of land area.
The city was incorporated in July 1956.
The city is in Southern California.

Some interesting facts about Cypress, California.
The original nickname for Cypress was “Waterville??? because there was so much ground water and local wells pumped water with great ease and at low depths.

The city of Cypress almost got the city name of Dairy City because local dairy farmers from now Cypress and neighboring cities of now Cerritos was to become Dairy Valley and La Palma was to become Dairyland as a way to push developers out of these three cities and let them remain as dairy farm lands.

Things to do in and around Cypress, California.
The city is really a bedroom community but it is really very centralized in that the city is connected through the vast freeway system with the 22 Freeway, the 605 Freeway and the 91 Freeway.

The city has a large amount parks 26to be précis and the city offers a great detailed map of them all at Cypress Parks. 

Cypress places you near several major attractions including Knott’s Soak City a water park Knott’s Berry Farm a theme park in nearby Buena Park, see all of Buena Park and Disneyland and the California Adventure theme parks in nearby Anaheim, and see all of Anaheim. 

Cypress places you only about 8 miles from the nearest beach on the Pacific Ocean Seal Beach and to learn more about Seal Beach and other beaches in Southern California visit our Seal Beach informative web site.

 
City of Cypress, California web sites.
City of Cypress, California City of Cypress, California

Cypress, California Chamber of Commerce Cypress, California Chamber of Commerce

CypressWeather.com