Belwood Estates
Belwood Estates is the western half of the Texas Tract, running east from Tapo Street to about Big Springs Avenue. Its six county maps, each titled Belwood Estates, were recorded from June 1961 to April 1963 by Alscot Development Co. and sister companies led by A. L. Leiva. About 757 houses stand here.
Well documented: confirmed in official or multiple independent records.
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Belwood Estates quick facts
| Also called | Belwood, Tract 1260 |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Texas Tract, Simi Valley |
| Builder | Alscot Development Co. (per the Simi Valley Historical Society). Subdividers of record, all signed by A. L. Leiva: Alscot Development Co. (1260-1), Belwood Estates Inc. (1260-2), Tapo Development Co. (1260-3), Weatherford Development Co. (1260-4), Big Springs Development Co. (1260-5) and Greenville Development Co. (1260-6). Surveyed by C-S-T Engineering Co. |
| Built | Six phase maps (1260-1 to 1260-6) recorded June 15, 1961 to April 11, 1963. Homes built about 1961-1964. |
| Homes | About 757 homes (760 parcels in Tract 1260) |
| Home types | Single-family 1960s tract homes. Most are about 1,430-1,710 sq ft; the most common assessor sizes are 1,427, 1,434 and 1,612 sq ft. |
| Lot sizes | Mostly about 7,900-10,000 sq ft (median about 8,650 sq ft, from county parcel data) |
| Streets | Waco Ave, Amarillo Ave, Galveston Ave, Galveston Dr, Austin Ave, Big Springs Ave, Greenville Ave, Kadota St, Hamlin Ave, Hempstead St, Beaumont Dr, Fort Worth Dr, Jacinto Ave, La Mesa Ave, Mineral Wells Ave, Sulphur Springs St, Kleberg St, Del Rio Dr, Weatherford Ct, Hereford Ct, Cisco Ct, Fort Davis St, Fannin St, Walnut St, Presidio Dr |
| Tract map | Ventura County Tract 1260: 6 units recorded 1961–1963 (31 MR 37 – 36 MR 66), about 233 acres |
| Gates | Not gated |
| HOA | No HOA. |
Highlighted: the recorded tract map (county GIS). Other outlines are neighboring tracts in Texas Tract.
About Belwood Estates
Assessor records put most homes at about 1,430 to 1,710 square feet on lots of roughly 8,000 to 10,000 square feet. Big Springs Elementary is on Big Springs Avenue, and Kadota Street keeps the name of the 1920s fig-farm land sale the lots were cut from. There is no HOA. Homes here are sold under the name Belwood, which is also used for the 1980 houses on El Paso Avenue.
Schools for Belwood Estates
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: Big Springs Elementary School
- Middle: Valley View Middle School
- High: Simi Valley 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.
Texas Tract, Simi Valley
The Texas Tract is the grid of homes north of Alamo Street between Tapo Street and the Simi Hills Golf Course, where nearly every street is named for a place in Texas. It went up from 1961 to 1964 as two subdivisions, Alscot's Belwood Estates on the west and Alpine Homes' Simi Hills Estates on the east, and today holds about 1,640 homes.
Other tracts in Texas Tract
Homes for sale near Belwood Estates
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Where these facts come from
- Simi Valley Historical Society: Simi Valley street names (Belwood Estates built by Alscot) — simihistory.com
- Ventura County record map: Tract 1260-1, Belwood Estates (31 MR 37) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 1260-2 (33 MR 45) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 1260-3, Belwood Estates (33 MR 85) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 1260-4, Belwood Estates (33 MR 89) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 1260-5 (35 MR 64) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 1260-6, Belwood Estates (36 MR 66) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Kadota Fig Farms Subdivision No. 6 (19 MR 39, 1927) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS parcels, Tract 1260 — maps.ventura.org
- Properkey property record — MLS listing 4679 Fannin, subdivision Belwood-102 (portal, evidence only) — properkey.us
- Properkey property record — MLS listing 2905 El Paso Ave, subdivision Belwood (102), built 1980 (portal, evidence only) — properkey.us
- Ventura County GIS — Record Maps (recorded tract maps): Tract 1260 — maps.ventura.org
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