Tracts 1187 and 1188
Digest Homes, Inc. subdivided the east side of Community Center in four maps recorded between March 1960 and May 1961. Its streets share their names with national parks: Acadia, Glacier, Crater, Olympic and Shenandoah. County parcel records count 209 houses here, east of Blackstock Avenue and just west of Sequoia Avenue.
Mostly documented: the name and location are confirmed; some details rest on a single source.
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Tracts 1187 and 1188 quick facts
| Neighborhood | Community Center, Simi Valley |
|---|---|
| Builder | Digest Homes, Inc. (owner of record on all four maps) |
| Built | Tract maps recorded March 1960 to May 1961 |
| Homes | 209 (160 in Tract 1188, 49 in Tract 1187) |
| Home types | Single-family houses |
| Lot sizes | Mostly about 8,500–10,500 sq ft (county parcel records) |
| Streets | Acadia St, Glacier St, Crater St, Olympic St, Shenandoah St, Barnes St, Blackstock Ave, Royal Ave |
| Tract map | Ventura County Tract 1187: recorded 1961 (31 MR 21), about 15 acres; Ventura County Tract 1188: 3 units recorded 1960–1961 (28 MR 35 – 30 MR 60), about 50 acres |
| Gates | Not gated |
Highlighted: the recorded tract maps (county GIS). Other outlines are neighboring tracts in Community Center.
About Tracts 1187 and 1188
Tract 1188 came first, in three units with 160 lots reaching from Barnes Street south past Royal Avenue to Shenandoah Street. Tract 1187 added 49 lots on the north ends of Olympic and Crater streets. Most lots are about 8,500 to 10,500 square feet.
Schools for Tracts 1187 and 1188
School attendance areas
Simi Valley Unified School District
On SVUSD's attendance-boundary map (elementary map revised December 2023), this tract's recorded outline falls in:
- Elementary: Mountain View Elementary School
- Middle: Hillside Middle School
- High: Royal High School
These come from the district's own data, not from this site. Assignment goes by address, and districts change boundaries and run choice and transfer programs. Confirm with School Boundary Maps, or check an address here.
Community Center, Simi Valley
Community Center is the small settlement L.F. Roussey laid out in 1922 just south of Los Angeles Avenue and east of Sycamore Drive. Houses went up on its blocks around School, Church, Court and Deodora streets through the 1920s and '30s. Between 1960 and 1970, builders including Digest Homes, Trebor Construction and Larwin subdivided the surrounding farmland.
Other tracts in Community Center
Homes for sale near Tracts 1187 and 1188
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Where these facts come from
- Ventura County record map 28 MR 35 (Tract 1188-1, recorded March 9, 1960) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map 29 MR 15 (Tract 1188-2, recorded June 30, 1960) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map 30 MR 60 (Tract 1188-3, recorded March 23, 1961) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map 31 MR 21 (Tract 1187, recorded May 26, 1961) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County parcels — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS — Record Maps (recorded tract maps): Tract 1187 — maps.ventura.org
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