San Jacinto (California)
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1870 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Riverside County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 47 ′ N , 116 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 44,199 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 663.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 67.679 km 2 (approx. 26 mi 2 ) of which 66.605 km 2 (approx. 26 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 477 m |
| Postcodes : | 92581-92583 |
| Area code : | +1 951 |
| FIPS : | 06-67112 |
| GNIS ID : | 1652787 |
| Website : | www.ci.san-jacinto.ca.us |
| Mayor : | Mark Bartel |
San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County in the US state of California with 44,199 inhabitants (as of 2010). Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest towns in Riverside County. Together with the neighboring town of Hemet to the south , it forms the San Jacinto Valley . San Jacinto is named after St. Hyacinthus of Caesarea .
The Mid County Parkway is said to have its eastern end in San Jacinto. This is a planned motorway that will connect San Jacinto with Perris .
In the late 19th to early 20th centuries, many dairies and farms sprang up in San Jacinto.
geography
San Jacinto is located in the west of Riverside County in California in the USA . To the south, San Jacinto is bordered by the city of Hemet , with which it forms the San Jacinto Valley . To the west of the city center is the San Jacinto Reservoir . It is fed with water from the San Diego Aqueduct .
San Jacinto has 44,199 inhabitants (as of 2010) and covers an area of 67.679 km², of which 66.605 km² are land area; the population density is 663.6 inhabitants per square kilometer and is comparatively low. The center of San Jacinto is at an altitude of 477 m.
history
Originally Luiseño Indians inhabited the land on which San Jacinto later developed. They lived in several villages and called themselves Payomkowishum (English: people from the west ). During the time of the first contact with Spanish conquerors in the 16th century, they lived in the southern California coastal area. Their land reached from what is now south of Los Angeles County over a distance of 80 km to the north of what is now San Diego County . Inland, it extended up to 48 km. The Indian tribe owes its name to the Spanish mission station San Luis Rey de Francia, which was founded by St. Louis IX. was consecrated by France .
The Anza Trail , one of the first European overland routes to California, ran through the San Jacinto Valley in the 1770s . Fathers of the mission station named the valley after St. Hyacinthus of Caesarea (Spanish: San Jacinto) and founded an outpost here.
In 1842 the valley fell into the possession of the Spanish settler José Antonio Estudillo . In the 1860s, his family sold some parts of their land, so that a small American settlement was formed there. In 1868 the residents asked for their own school, two years later a post office and the first shop were opened. Today the year 1870 is considered to be the year San Jacinto was founded.
In 1883 plans were made to further develop the community. On April 20, 1888, San Jacinto was raised to a city with its own administration, then still as part of San Diego County . San Jacinto is therefore one of the oldest cities in the region. In the same year San Jacinto was connected to the railway network. In May 1893, Riverside County was created by assignments of San Diego Counties and San Bernardino Counties . Since then, San Jacinto has been assigned to Riverside County.
According to local records, San Jacinto has been hit by two powerful earthquakes so far: the first on Christmas 1899, the second on April 21, 1918.
For a long time the main component of the economy was agriculture. Another factor was tourism, which developed due to the nearby thermal springs.
On July 15, 1937 in San Jacinto ended the then longest continuous flight, as Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov with a Tupolev ANT-25 from Moscow via the Arctic flew a 10,078 km long route. To the west of San Jacinto's center there is now a memorial to commemorate the flight. The landing site is now listed as California Historical Landmark number 989.
politics
San Jacinto is part of the 23rd district in the California Senate , currently represented by Republican Mike Morrell , and the 42nd district in the California State Assembly , represented by Republican Brian Nestande . San Jacinto also belongs to California's 36th Congressional constituency , which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 1 and is represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz .
Scientology
Scientology Int is located north of San Jacinto . Base , the approximately 2.1 km² headquarters of the Scientology organization .
Personalities associated with San Jacinto
- Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975), geneticist; died in San Jacinto
- Patsy Montana (1908-1996), country singer; last lived and died in San Jacinto
Web links
- Official Website of San Jacinto (English)
- Further information at City-Data.com (English)
- Information about the San Jacinto Valley, to which San Jacinto belongs together with Hemet (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ San Jacinto website: City Council (English)
- ^ City limits of San Jacinto, OpenStreetMap
- ↑ Information about San Jacinto at City-Data.com (English)
- ↑ a b San Jacinto website: San Jacinto Museum (English)
- ↑ Around the Capitol, Senate District 23, District Map (English)
- ↑ Around the Capitol, Assembly District 42, District Map (English)
- ↑ Around the Capitol, Congressional District 36, District Map (English)
