Yorba Linda
During the 1920s, Yorba Linda continued to grow and prosper with agriculture as the main industry of the local economy. Several new commercial structures were built on the town’s Main Street but the overall character of the community remained primarily agricultural. The Depression of the 1930s brought an economic slowdown to the city, but the local population remained stable and the agricultural economy continued to be productive.
During the post-World War II era, the city retained its small-town character, and only experienced the tremendous population growth felt by other surrounding cities from the previous two decades in the 1960s. Yorba Linda, once a small agricultural community of two-and-a-half square miles with approximately 1,198 residents, began its transformation into a modern community with its incorporation on November 2, 1967.
