CALEXICO CITY INFO

Calexico is a city located in Imperial County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 27,109. It is a bordertown that is adjacent to Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Calexico is about 122 miles south east of San Diego and about 70 miles west of Yuma, Arizona.

Calexico History :
Calexico began as a tent city of the Imperial Land Company and has grown into a larger thriving city on the U.S.-Mexico border.

During the era of prohibition, it was a widely known fact that the Calexico mayor at the time, Joseph O'Hara, routinely harbored Pancho Villa during Villa's many attempts to free the state of California.
Calexico was founded in 1900 and incorporated by ? in 1908.

Although it gained a reputation for a while as a typical U.S.-Mexico border town with all the tawdry aspects usually associated with such places, the modern city of Calexico is a far cry from what it was back in those early days. Hundreds of acres are now being devoted to industrial parks use and commercial and retail incentives are being offered to encourage industrial development.

Since Calexico represents the mixing of two cultures and areas and because of its proximity to the Mexican border, the name Calexico was coined for a combination of Mexico and California.