Coronado (Spanish for “Crowned”) is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, United States, across the San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 24,697 at the 2010 census, up from 24,100 at the 2000 census.

Coronado is a tied island which is joined to the mainland by a tombolo (a sandy isthmus) called the Silver Strand. The investor Sebastian Vizcaino gave Coronado its reveal and drew its first map in 1602. Coronado is Spanish term for “crowned” and for that reason it is nicknamed The Crown City. Its make known is derived from the Coronado Islands, an offshore Mexican archipelago. Three ships of the United States Navy have been named after the city, including USS Coronado.

Prior to European settlement, Coronado was inhabited by the Kumeyaay, who sustained fishing villages upon the peninsula in North Island and upon the Coronado Cays. As American settlers moved into the area, the Kumeyaay were pushed out of Coronado, with the last six Kumeyaay families deported to Mesa Grande Reservation in 1902.

Coronado was incorporated as a town upon December 11, 1890. The community’s first read out office predates Coronado’s incorporation, established on February 8, 1887, with Norbert Moser assigned as the first postmaster. The house was purchased by Elisha Spurr Babcock, along next Hampton L. Story, and Jacob Gruendike. Their point toward was to Make a resort community, and in 1886, the Coronado Beach Company was organized. By 1888, they had built the Hotel del Coronado, and the city became a major resort destination. They as well as built a schoolhouse and formed athletic, boating, and baseball clubs.