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Seal Beach is a city in
Orange County, California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,168, up from 24,157 at the 2000 census.
Seal Beach is located in the westernmost corner of Orange County. To the northwest, just across the border with
Los Angeles County, lies the city of
Long Beach and the adjacent
San Pedro Bay. To the southeast are
Huntington Harbour, a neighborhood of
Huntington Beach, and
Sunset Beach, also part of Huntington Beach. To the east lie the city of
Westminster and the neighborhood of
West Garden Grove, part of the city of
Garden Grove. To the north lie the unincorporated community of
Rossmoor and the city of
Los Alamitos. A majority of the city’s acreage is devoted to the
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach military base. Seal Beach CA Homes for Sale
Early on, the area that is now Seal Beach was known as “Anaheim Landing”, as the boat landing and seaside recreation area named after the nearby town of
Anaheim. The site of Anaheim Landing is now registered as a
California Historical Landmark.
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By the 20th century, it was known as Bay City, but there was already a Bay City located in Northern California. When the time of incorporation on October 27, 1915, the town was named Seal Beach. The town became a popular recreation destination in the area, and featured a beach-side amusement park long before Disneyland was founded inland. Seal Beach CA Homes for Sale
The
United States Navy‘s
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach was originally constructed during
World War II for loading, unloading, and storing of ammunition for the
Pacific Fleet, and especially those US Navy warships home-ported in
Long Beach and
San Diego, California. With closure of the
Concord Naval Weapons Station in Northern California, it has become the primary source of munitions for a majority of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Seal Beach CA Homes for Sale