Vista, California Knowledge Base

Vista, California Knowledge Base

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How did the City of Vista receive it's Name?

Vista received its name in an unusual manner.  A settler named John Frazier lived where Peto's Farm Supplies was located on W. Vista Way, near where the railroad tracks are today.  He constructed a mineral well and took to calling the area "Frazier's Crossing." 

On September 1, 1882 he applied for a permit with the U.S. Postal Department to call the town Frazier's Crossing.  The application came back with the simple notation; "There is already a Frazier Post Office in Tulare County.  Submit another name."

Frazier did just that with the name "Vista."  This time the Post Office
Department accepted the name and permission was granted for him to open Vista's first post office on October 9, 1882.