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Hemet is a city in the San Jacinto Valley in Riverside County, California. It covers a total area of 29.3 square miles (76 km 2 ), about half of the valley, which it shares with the neighboring city of San Jacinto .
Hemet has an area of about 29.3 square miles (76 km 2), and a population of 89,833 as of the 2020 census. Hemet was founded in 1887 and was incorporated on January 20, 1910. The city is home to the Ramona Bowl which is where "Ramona", the official outdoor play of California, is performed. Hemet is located at the southern end of the valley.
French Valley is a region located in southwestern Riverside County, near the cities and communities of Hemet, Winchester, Murrieta, and Temecula in the state of California, United States. It is part of the Plains of Leon, contiguous with the Perris Plain, that drains into the Temecula Basin by means of tributaries of the Santa Margarita River.
Valle Vista (Spanish for "View Valley") is a unincorporated area in Riverside County, California, United States and is located in the San Jacinto Valley. Valle Vista is adjacent to and east of the cities of San Jacinto and Hemet. The population was 11,036 at the 2010 census, up from 8,356 at the 2000 census.
In the 1880s, the Domenigoni family of San Jacinto homesteaded land near what is now Idyllwild Arts Academy. In 1889, George and Sarah Hannahs built a summer camp next to their sawmill in upper Dutch Flat and named it Camp Idyllwilde. By the 1890s a toll road had been built from Hemet, which opened Idyllwild to settlement, logging, and tourism.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 7,303 square miles (18,910 km 2), of which 7,206 square miles (18,660 km 2) is land and 97 square miles (250 km 2) (1.3%) is water. [18] It is the fourth-largest county in California by area.
East Hemet is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States, located east of Hemet. East Hemet is in an unincorporated area outside the city limits of Hemet. The population was 17,418 at the 2010 census, up from 14,823 at the 2000 census.
The town is also home to Cottonwood Elementary School (K–8) operated by the Hemet Valley Unified School District. The largest nearby city is Temecula, along the Interstate 15 corridor, about 17 miles (27 km) west of Aguanga on SR 79. This area is in a canyon beside Temecula Creek near Pechanga tribal lands and the San Diego County line.