The highest ranking California city on MoneyGeek’s list of the safest small cities and towns in America was Rancho Santa Margarita. The Orange County city landed at No. 15.

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The city developed along the banks of Deer Creek in 1849 after gold was discovered there, and by 1850, according to the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, there were 10,000 people in the town.