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Originally known as El Toro, Lake Forest is a city with many trees and parks and a beautiful lake. The Lake Forest real estate community was chosen as the name for the area in 1991.  It began, as did most of Orange County, as agricultural land.

The Lake Forest real estate market has expanded by including areas such as Foothill Ranch and Portola Hills.   

El Toro was a stagecoach stop between San Diego and Los Angeles in the 1800s.  After WW II, the El Toro Marine Base led to residential and commercial growth and had a big impact on the Lake Forest real estate market.  Of course now, the Marine base is closed. Today, the Lake Forest real estate market includes over 57,000 residents. To preserve its past, Lake Forest established Heritage Hill, an historical park that is home to Serrano Adobe built in the late 1880s..