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Thousand Oaks is a city in Ventura County, California, in the United States.
It was named after the many oak trees
that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned by the symbol of an oak. The city is part of a regional area called the
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Conejo Valley, which includes Thousand Oaks proper, Newbury Park, and part of Westlake Village,
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approximately 19 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. The Los Angeles County/Ventura County line crosses at the western city limits of Westlake Village, with the City being entirely in Los Angeles County. The city is served by both the Ventura Freeway and California State Route 23. California Lutheran University is located in Thousand Oaks.
The area was once
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occupied by the Chumash people, and 2000-year old cave drawings may still be seen at the Chumash Interpretive Center, in the Lang Ranch section of the city.
The area's recorded history
dates to 1542 when Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo landed at Point Mugu and claimed the land for his country. It eventually became part of the 48,671-acre (197 km²) Rancho El Conejo land grant by the Spanish government, thus becoming the basis of the name Conejo Valley (conejo means "rabbit" in Spanish, of which there are many in the area). It served as grazing land for vaqueros for the next fifty years.
In the late 19th century it was
on the stagecoach route between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The Stagecoach Inn was built in 1876, and is now a California Historical Landmark and a popular museum.