Dana Point 92624
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City of Dana Point
Dana Point has two zip codes: 92624 and 92629. Capistrano “Capo” Beach is the only Dana Point neighborhood in the 92624 zip code.
Early History of the Dana Point-San Juan Capistrano Area
Today’s Dana Point-San Juan Capistrano area was originally occupied by the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation. The Mission at San Juan Capistrano was founded on All Saints’ Day November 1, 1776, by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, who built a booming trade in leather hides. Those hides were transported to remote markets aboard ships, which used to anchor in the calm waters in the lee of today’s Dana Point Headlands. In 1818, Hippolyte de Bouchard, from faraway Argentina, anchored his ship here while conducting his raid on the mission. Following Spain’s emancipation of Mexico in 1821, a gradual decline in the mission’s status ensued. Richard Henry Dana visited the area in 1835 while crewing aboard the sailing brig “Pilgrim,” and Dana documented what he found in his classic novel, “Two Years Before the Mast.” Dana considered the high bluffs and sheltered coves of this area to be the most beautiful spot on the California coast.
By the 1840s, the Franciscans had all but abandoned the Mission. A smallpox epidemic swept through the area in 1862, nearly wiping out the remaining Juaneño Indians; and by 1900, most of the Juaneños had vacated San Juan Capistrano. Severe flooding destroyed part of the mission’s front arcade in 1915, and a year later, heavy storms washed away an end of the barracks. On April 21, 1918, the San Jacinto Earthquake caused damage to mission buildings. In 1919, author Johnston McCulley created the character “Zorro” and chose Mission San Juan Capistrano as the setting for the first novella, ‘The Curse of Capistrano.” Both Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano have served as the backdrop for other books, and films.
Edward Doheny was a U.S. oil tycoon, who in 1892 drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field, setting off the petroleum boom in Southern California and making a fortune in 1902 when he sold his properties. The Dohenys also owned a great deal of coastal land in Dana Point, which was donated to the State of California for Doheny State Beach. Dana Point-Capistrano Beach went on to become “Dana Point,” the 28th city in Orange County on January 1, 1989.
Things To Do In & Around Dana Point-San Juan Capistrano
Catalina Express | Catalina Island | Cycling | Dana Point Harbor | Equestrian | Fishing | Golf | Hiking | Laguna Beach | Mission San Juan Capistrano | Sailing | Surfing | San Juan Capistrano Train Depot (Amtrak) | San Clemente
Hotels-Resorts
The Marriott Laguna Cliffs Resort is in the Harbor area’s Lantern Village neighborhood. The Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach, and Ritz Carlton resorts are in the Monarch Beach neighborhood of Dana Point.
Airports
Three international airports are reasonably close. LAX and San Diego’s Lindberg Field Airport (SAN) are each about 1-hour drive away, and south Orange County’s local John Wayne Airport Santa Ana (SNA) Airport is only about a 20-minute drive north via either the 73 Toll Road, or the I-5.
Dana Point, CA 92624 Zip Code
Capistrano Unified School District Attendance Boundaries
Elementary Schools: Palisades Elementary | Marblehead Elementary
Middle Schools: Shorecliffs Middle
High Schools: San Juan Hills High | San Clemente High
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