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• 4S Ranch4S Ranch takes its name from a cattle brand registered in 1918 by rancher W.J. Stowe, representing the four members of the Stowe family then living on the property.
• Black Mountain RanchBlack Mountain Ranch's development took 17 years to complete under the leadership of Fred Maas, a San Diego businessman with a background in sustainable building practices.
• BonitaBonita is politically unincorporated, even though it sits fully surrounded by the incorporated cities of Chula Vista, San Diego and National City.
• CarlsbadCarlsbad is 35 miles north of downtown San Diego and 87 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, and the earliest Spanish exploration here, the 1769 Portola expedition, camped along Buena Vista Creek.
• Carmel Mountain RanchDespite its name, Carmel Mountain Ranch sits in the shadow of Black Mountain rather than Carmel Mountain itself, which lies about 10 miles to the west.
• Chula VistaChula Vista is the second-most populous city in the San Diego metro area and the 81st-most populous in the entire country, sitting almost exactly halfway between the downtowns of San Diego and Tijuana.
• Del Mar MesaArchaeologists with the San Diego Archaeological Center are studying pottery and other artifacts found in Del Mar Mesa that may date back 9,000 to 10,000 years.
• EastlakeEastlake was one of several planned neighborhoods, along with Rancho del Rey and Otay Ranch, built as Chula Vista expanded east of Interstate 805, an expansion so rapid that some residents pushed for new developments to include parks, schools and emergency services before homes were sold.
• EscondidoEscondido incorporated in 1888, making it one of the oldest cities in San Diego County, and its name may come from either "agua escondida," hidden water, or a reference to hidden treasure.
• KensingtonKensington's borders run along Interstate 15 to the west, Interstate 8 to the north, Fairmount Avenue to the east and El Cajon Boulevard to the south, a footprint fixed by a map filed on April 9, 1910.
• La MesaLa Mesa's Kumeyaay inhabitants were enslaved by Spanish colonists or forcibly relocated to reservations starting in 1769, before the area later became a city whose motto is still "the Jewel of the Hills."
• Mission HillsMission Hills overlooks San Diego Bay, Old Town and downtown from hills just south of the San Diego River valley, with boutique shops and restaurants clustered along Washington Street and in the West Lewis Shopping District.
• North CoastalNorth County's coastal cities run from Encinitas and Carlsbad to Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe and Solana Beach, west of the inland 78 freeway corridor.
• North InlandThe inland cities along North County's 78 freeway corridor, Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Escondido, have more mixed incomes than the affluent coastal cities such as Encinitas and Rancho Santa Fe.
• Otay RanchThe anchor shopping center in Otay Ranch, Otay Ranch Town Center, opened in 2006 with Macy's, Borders, REI and AMC Theatres, though its once-planned Nordstrom anchor became a soccer field after the 2008 financial crisis changed those plans.
• PowayPictographs on Poway's boulders, along with arrowheads, spear points and grinding stones found along Poway Creek, point to a Kumeyaay presence that modern dating methods trace to the 16th century and earlier.
• Rancho BernardoRancho Bernardo's canyons and rolling hills, with their large bedrock outcroppings, support chaparral, coastal sage scrub, Southern California grassland and freshwater marsh habitats.
• Rancho PeñasquitosRancho Penasquitos, commonly abbreviated "PQ," has a population of about 60,000 and abuts the Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, an open-space area with hiking, biking and equestrian trails.
• San DiegoSan Diego is the eighth-most populous city in the United States and the second-most populous in California, with more than 1.4 million residents.
• San MarcosSan Marcos contains Lake San Marcos, an unincorporated county island that sits entirely within the city's boundaries and sphere of influence without being part of the city itself.
• Scripps RanchScripps Ranch takes its name from E.W. Scripps, who arrived in San Diego by steamship in 1890 and, on reaching a barren hill 16 miles from town, decided to build a home there.
• South / CentralSouth San Diego is a practical exclave of the city with no land connection to the rest of San Diego, and it is the only part of the city that borders Mexico directly.