įollowing Mexico's confiscation of Mission lands in 1833, a series of rancho land grants were made throughout the state.
The ranch was to be one of the Mission's principle rancherias, and the most distant, and it occupied most of today's San Gorgonio Pass area. With the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba in 1821, Mexico gained its independence from Spain, but the San Gabriel Mission near what is now Los Angeles, California, continued to expand, and established Rancho San Gorgonio in 1824.
Serrano was mayordomo of San Antonio de Pala Asistencia for the Mission of San Luis Rey. In 1819, the Mission granted Leandro Serrano permission to occupy the land for the purpose of grazing and farming, and Serrano established Rancho Temescal. The first European settlement in the county was a Mission San Luis Rey de Francia estancia or farm at the Luiseño village of Temescal. The Cahuilla territory is to the east and north of the Luiseño in the inland valleys, in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains and the desert of the Salton Sink. The Luiseño territory includes the Aguanga and Temecula Basins, Elsinore Trough and eastern Santa Ana Mountains and southward into San Diego County. The indigenous peoples of what is now Riverside County are the Luiseño, Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians. The city, founded in 1870, received its name for its location beside the Santa Ana River. When Riverside County was formed in 1893 it was named for the city of Riverside, the county seat. Main article: List of Riverside County, California, placename etymologies 6.1 Cities by population and crime rates.3.2.1 Places by population, race, and income.The cities of Temecula and Murrieta accounted for 20% of the increase in population of the county between 20. In addition, smaller, but significant, numbers of people have been moving into southwest Riverside County from the San Diego metropolitan area. Along with neighboring San Bernardino County, it was one of the fastest-growing regions in the state prior to the recent changes in the regional economy. The resort cities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, and Desert Hot Springs are all located in the Coachella Valley region of central Riverside County.īetween 20, large numbers of Los Angeles-area workers moved to the county to take advantage of more affordable housing. Most of Joshua Tree National Park is located in the county. Geographically, the county is mostly desert in the central and eastern portions, but has a Mediterranean climate in the western portion. Roughly rectangular, Riverside County covers 7,208 square miles (18,670 km 2) in Southern California, spanning from the greater Los Angeles area to the Arizona border. The county is also included in the Los Angeles- Long Beach Combined Statistical Area. Riverside County is included in the Riverside- San Bernardino- Ontario Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Inland Empire. The name was derived from the city of Riverside, which is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the United States. Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S.
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