Villa Park is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States.

The city is largely zoned for single-family residences on lots that average about 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2), or 1⁄2 acre, in size.

On November 1, 1776, Mission San Juan Capistrano became the areas first permanent European settlement in Alta California, New Spain.

In 1810, the Spanish Empire granted 62,500 acres (253 km2) to Jose Antonio Yorba, which he named Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana.

Yorba's rancho included the lands where the cities of Olive, Orange, Villa Park, Santa Ana, Tustin, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach stand today.

After the Mexican-American War in 1848, Alta California became part of the United States in 1850 and American settlers arrived in this area.

Ranchers established the Serrano Water District in 1876, which still provides Villa Park's water, and founded the Villa Park Orchards Association (still a business in Orange, although the packing house that was a local landmark was torn down in 1983).

By October, LAFCO restored Villa Park's Sphere of Influence after outcry from local community leaders.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all land.

There were 2,016 housing units at an average density of 970.1 per square mile (374.6/km2), of which 1,886 (95.4%) were owner-occupied, and 90 (4.6%) were occupied by renters.

[34] On the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Villa Park is in the 3rd District, represented by Donald P. Wagner.

Villa Park is one of the most consistently Republican cities in Orange County and in California as a whole.

In 1978, even as Orange County supported Jerry Brown in his re-election bid, Villa Park gave his opponent Evelle Younger, 57% of the vote.

The bolded totals listed were those of the candidates that won Villa Park Kamala Harris in 2016, and Dianne Feinstein in 2018.

The runners-up in Villa Park were shaded in blue as well, but wound up in the Republican column of this table.