Monday, October 5, 2026

Question: The city of Anaheim was founded in 1857 as a wine-growing colony by settlers from which country?

Answer: Germany. Anaheim began in 1857 as a colony of German farmers and vintners who planted wine grapes along the Santa Ana River. They named it by blending “Ana,” for the river, with “heim,” German for “home.” A plague wiped out the vineyards in the 1870s, and citrus groves took their place.