Victorville

Victorville
Victorville Location in California
Basic data
Foundation :	1895
State :	United States
State :	California
County :	San Bernardino County
Coordinates :	34 ° 31 ′  N , 117 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 31 ′  N , 117 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone :	Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents :	120,300 (as of 2012)
Population density :	638.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	189.85 km 2  (approx. 73 mi 2 ) of which 188.5 km 2  (approx. 73 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	832 m
Postcodes :	92392-92395
Area code :	+1 760
FIPS :	06-82590
GNIS ID :	1652806
Website :	ci.victorville.ca.us
Mayor :	Gloria Garcia

Victorville is a city in San Bernardino County in the US state of California , United States , with a population of about 120,300 (as of 2012 ). The geographical coordinates are: 34.52 ° North, 117.33 ° West. The urban area has a size of 189.8 km² and is located about 100 km northeast of Los Angeles , 70 km east of Palmdale and about 50 km north of San Bernardino . The California Route 66 Museum is located in the old town .

In Victorville is Southern California Logistics Airport , a planned large air freight - hub , which currently barely customers, however, has found. Even before that, the site was used as an aircraft parking space, also because of the favorable dry air. There is also an aircraft recycling facility and an aircraft cemetery .

The US Air Force operated the George Air Force Base here from 1943 to 1992 .

history

Approx. In 1885, a Victor parish was founded at this location , named after the superintendent of the California Southern Railroad Co. Jacob Nash Victor .

In 1901, the name of the community was changed to Victorville at the behest of the Union Post Offices in order to avoid future confusion with the town of the same name, Victor, Colorado. There were no postcodes back then.

On September 21, 1962, Victorville officially received the status of "Community of California" with 8110 inhabitants (roughly equivalent to the city law in Germany).

sons and daughters of the town

• Patty Jenkins (* 1971), film director
• Travis Van Winkle (* 1982), actor

Web links

Commons : Victorville, California  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Southern California Logistics Airport