Tierrasanta - one of the first master planned communities in San Diego!
Tierrasanta was originally part of the Mission San Diego de Alcalá ranch,
which was active during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
1941 The U.S. military purchased the land in 1941 as Camp Elliott,
a Marine Corps training facility.
1944 The Marines moved out and the land was transferred to the Navy.
1946 Deactivated in 1946.
1961 The U.S. Government sold the area that is now Tierrasanta and a
portion of neighboring Mission Trails Regional Park to the City of San Diego.
1962 The Elliott Community Plan was issued to serve as a roadmap for development.
1971 Tierrasanta was founded.
1982 The current Tierrasanta community plan was issued, and included both the
currently developed area and much of what is now Mission Trails Regional Park.
By 1982 approximately one-half of the private residential area had been developed,
with the area called Tierrasanta Norte, in the northeastern part of town,
being one of the locations still to be developed.
1990's Tierrasanta has been fully built out since the early 1990s,
2000 Population reached 30,187 (ZIP code 92124).