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Riverside is the 59th-largest city in the United States, the 12th-largest city in California, and the largest city in California's Inland Empire metro area. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 81.4 square miles (210.8 km 2 ), of which 81.1 square miles (210 km 2 ) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2 ) (0. ...
Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, [3] [5] making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the United States. The name was derived from the city of Riverside, which is the county seat. [6]
Riverside County was formed in 1893 from San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The cornerstone for the first permanent Riverside County Courthouse was laid on May 7, 1903, and the building was completed in June 1904. [3] [4] The Beaux Arts courthouse occupies nearly one city block and is modeled on the Grand Palais in Paris. [5]
El Cerrito is located southeast of downtown Corona and about 15 miles (25 km) southwest of the city of Riverside. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2), of which, 2.6 square miles (6.7 km 2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) of it (8.09%) is water.
Founded in 1875, parts of Arlington made up the City of Riverside at its founding in 1883, while other parts were annexed in 1961 and 1964. [4]Farming was a major mainstay of the economy, with an emphasis on citrus cultivation that has continued to the present day in the Arlington Heights and South Arlington neighborhoods, which lie to the south of the core business district.
His primary success in Riverside was in high-end real estate. He served as the Riverside County Assessor from 1895–1899, and was a Riverside City Councilman from 1915 to 1925. [8] 7: Edward M. Dighton: 1928: 1929 [9] Accountant, grocery store owner, and strong prohibitionist.
Riverside County was created from portions of San Bernardino and San Diego Counties on May 9, 1893. In the early history of the county, the sheriff's office was a one-person operation. Expanding to keep up with the county's explosive growth, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department is now the second-largest sheriff's department and third ...
This James Rosati sculpture was originally installed on the grounds of the newly constructed Riverside City Hall in Downtown Riverside. The sculpture was moved to the city's fire station #5, and re-dedicated on September 11, 2008, to the Riverside firefighters who responded to the 9/11 emergency in New York in 2001. [16: Victims Wall