More about Tustin California

Tustin is a city located in Orange County and is home to an estimated 74, 825 residents as of a 2009 estimate. The city was originally founded by Columbus Tustin, a carriage maker from Northern California, is 1870. The 1300 acres of land that made up the city were originally part of the former Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana land grant. The city was officially incorporated in 1927 with a population of about 900 residents. During the second world war, a Navy anti-submarine airship base was built, and the two blimp hangers situated here are among the largest wooden structures ever built. The hangers are each over 1,000 feet long and 300 feet wide; they are designed to hold six blimps simultaneously, two line of three blimps. The hangers have been placed on the National Register of Historical Places and ASCE List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks. The city is made up of 23,831 households and 16,062 families. The large majority of the city is comprised of married couples living together, followed by families with children under the age of 18. The city is home to two major open-air shopping centers,the Tustin Marketplace and The District at Tustin Legacy. The Tustin Market Place was opened in 1988 and includes two movie theaters and several stores and restaurants. The District at Tustin Legacy is a fairly new center with a bowling alley, coffee shops, and several large and small scale shops. The city is also home to the Advanced Technology and Education Park, sister school of Saddleback and Irvine Valley Community Colleges; ATEP as it is referred to, is a specialized community college with classes in rapid prototyping, optics, photonics and several other areas of study. Several famous residents make their home in Tustin including Milorad Cavic, a three-time Olympian swimmer for Serbia who lost out to Michael Phelps in the 2008 Beijing Olympics by 1/100 of a second, Sam Baker, Offensive Tackle for the Atlanta Falcons, and several others.