Newbury Park, California
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The community of Newbury Park, California is located in the western portion of the City of Thousand Oaks and Casa Conejo, an unincorporated area of southern Ventura County. It is located in the East County area of Ventura County in the Conejo Valley, the northwestern portion of the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Conejo Valley is one of the most affluent areas in the country. Along with the rest of Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park was part of a master planned community by the Janss Corporation. Newbury Park, along with parts of Westlake Village became part of the City of Thousand Oaks sometime between the 1960s and 1970s. Newbury Park was formerly controlled by Ventura County, but after a community vote, all but Casa Conejo became part of Thousand Oaks. Presently, Newbury Park has the highest median home values in all of Ventura County, around $730,000[1].
Its historic Stagecoach Inn was used by people traveling between Los Angeles in the south and Santa Barbara to the north. Newbury Park has had an increasing population due to the presence of biotechnology firms and technology corporations, such as Amgen (world headquarters), Baxter, as well as numerous other tech businesses. Newbury Park High School has 2320 students and a newly refurbished football stadium. Intermediate schools include Sequoia Middle School and the recently constructed Sycamore Canyon Middle School in Dos Vientos Ranch. All are part of the Conejo Valley Unified School District
The community contains two major new residential areas, Rancho Conejo Village (built on the site of the former Rancho Conejo Airport, where portions of the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World were filmed[2]) and Dos Vientos Ranch. The census designated place Casa Conejo, located in a roughly square-shaped unincorporated area, is the only remaining part of Newbury Park still controlled by Ventura County.
In the last 10 years, the Conejo Valley, most especially Newbury Park, have seen a huge rise in real estate. Real Estate in Newbury Park has increased over 250% during this time. Median home prices in the area and surounding communities range from around $700,000 to $2.2 million in parts of the valley.
Newbury Park abuts the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, with main entrances at the northern edge of the park at Rancho Sierra Vista and Satwiwa. It is accessible from the Wendy Drive exit of US 101.
Famous swing bandleader and clarinet player Artie Shaw lived in Newbury Park from 1978 until his death in 2004.
[edit] Education
- Conejo Valley Unified School District
- Newbury Park High School
- Sequoia Middle School
- Sycamore Canyon Middle School
- Newbury Park Adventist Academy
- Conejo Adventist Elementary School
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- Maps and aerial photos
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- Topographic map from TopoZone
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Ventura County, California County Seat: Ventura |
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| Incorporated places |
Camarillo • Fillmore • Moorpark • Ojai • Oxnard • Port Hueneme • Santa Paula • Simi Valley • Thousand Oaks • Ventura |
| CDPs |
Casa Conejo • Channel Islands Beach • El Rio • Meiners Oaks • Mira Monte • Oak Park • Oak View • Piru |
| Other unincorporated communities |
Bardsdale • Bell Canyon • La Conchita • Newbury Park • Point Mugu • Saticoy • Somis |
