Westminster is a city in Orange County, California, United States.
It was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian temperance colony.
Its name is taken from the Westminster Assembly of 1643, which laid out the basic tenets of the
Presbyterian faith.
For several years of its early history, its farmers refused to grow grapes because they associated
grapes with alcohol.
Westminster was incorporated in 1957, at which time it had 10,755 residents.
Originally, the city was named Tri-City because it was the amalgamation of three cities:
Westminster, Barber City, and Midway City.
Midway City ultimately turned down incorporation, leaving Barber City to be absorbed into
the newly incorporated Westminster.
The former Barber City was located in the western portion of the current City of Westminster.
Westminster is landlocked and bordered by Seal Beach on the west, by the unincorporated
area of Rossmoor, the city of Stanton and the community of West Garden Grove on the north,
by Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley on the south, and by Santa Ana on the east.
Westminster surrounds the unincorporated area of Midway City,
except for a small portion where Midway City meets Huntington Beach to the south.
A large number of Vietnamese refugees came to the city in the 1970s,
settling largely in an area now officially named Little Saigon.
As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 88,207.
Westminster won the All-America City Award in 1996.
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