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== History ==
Cypress was originally incorporated under the name [[Dairy City, California|Dairy City]] in 1956 by local [[dairy farmer]]s as a way to keep out development and preserve their dairies. However, the land became too valuable for farming, and one-by-one, dairies sold out to housing developers in the [[1960s]]. By the [[1970s]], no dairies remained. Many of the dairymen moved their operations to [[Chino, California]].▼
The first people living in the area now known as Cypress were the [[Gabrieleno]], a [[Native American]] tribe of the [[Tongva]] people. They were displaced soon after the arrival of the [[Europeans]]. The government of [[Spain]] then posessed the land until [[Mexico]] gained its independance in 1821. Mexico then lost [[Alta California]] to the [[United States]] during the period following the [[Bear Flag Rebellion]] and then the [[Mexican-American War]].
In 1957, residents voted to change the name of Dairy City (alternatively known as "Waterville" due to the preponderance of artesian wells in the area) to Cypress. The name was taken from Cypress Elementary School, originally built in 1895, which took it's name from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupressus_sempervirens Cypress]trees planted to protect the schoolhouse from the seasonal [[Santa Ana winds]]. Cypress Elementary School also provided the name for new [[Pacific Electric Railroad]] 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.▼
The original Spanish dons held immense tracts of land throughout California, which were given in lieu of pay to Spanish soldiers. Manuel Nieto was the first landowner in the area. After his death in 1804, his sons retained title to the Rancho holdings, but these lands were eventually broken up and distributed among them in 1833 by a grant from the Mexican governor Jose Figueroa. Manuel's son Juan Jose Nieto retained the title to a large area in [[southern California]] that included the present-day area of Cypress. That land and other Rancho properties were finally sold to the American Able Stearns, then acquired by the Robinson Trust, a group of investors, which eventually parlayed their holdings into a vast land speculation business.
▲Cypress was originally nicknamed "Waterville" due to the preponderance of [[artesian wells]] in the area, but was incorporated under the name [[Dairy City, California|Dairy City]] in 1956 by local [[dairy farmer]]s as a way to
▲In 1957, local residents voted to change the name of Dairy City
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