Banning, California

Riverside County

06-03820

Banning is a city in Riverside County in the U.S. state of California. It has 29,603 inhabitants (as of 2010) and is named after the stagecoach owner Phineas Banning, who is also known as the "Father of the Port of Los Angeles ." Banning is located in the San Gorgonio Pass, which is often referred to as Banning Pass.

With its western neighbor city of Beaumont Banning shares many geographical and regional similarities. Since the 1990s, both cities experienced significant population growth. They are located on a highway and a railway line.

Banning's motto is " Proud History, Prosperous Tomorrow" ( German: proud past, bright future ).

Geography

Banning is located in the north of Riverside County in the U.S. state of California and is bordered to the north by the San Bernardino County. Adjacent locations are Beaumont and Cherry Valley in the west to the northwest, otherwise the city is surrounded by township open area. On the road network Banning is connected via Interstate 10, which runs through the southern city.

Banning has 29,603 inhabitants (as of 2010 census ) and covers an area of ​​59.826 km ², which completely composed of the country; The population density is therefore 494.8 people per square kilometer and is comparatively low. The center of Banning is located at an altitude of 716 m, so the climate is colder here than in only 240 m high county seat Riverside and in the eastern Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert.

The San Andreas Fault, through the San Gorgonio Pass, was formed also pervades Banning.

Banning is located approximately 40 km west of Palm Springs and 160 km east of Los Angeles.

History

Until the mid 19th century Banning was inhabited by the Cahuilla Indians, although the area originally belonged to the Serrano, Cahuilla added to the San Gorgonio Pass, to their country. In 1824 this area was part of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, later it belonged to the Rancho San Jacinto y San Gorgonio. The first English settlers was in 1853, Isaac Smith. The number of Cahuilla dropped a few years later by the smallpox epidemic on the Pacific coast of North America, 1862. In 1877, Indian reservations for the natives were created.

The first stagecoach route reached Banning, 1862, to the railway network of the city in 1876 was connected. In addition, in 1923 the now-defunct U.S. Highway 99, 1936, the California State Route 60 and U.S. Highway 70 and later Interstate 10 were built. For Banning growth of great importance was the 1881 laid railroad line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The line was later taken over by the Union Pacific Railroad.

Banning cross on the Morongo Indian Reservation, which is inhabited by the Cahuilla Indians. The relationship with the Indians was charged among other things, disputes over water rights.

Formerly called Banning Moore City. Ransom B. Moore was the owner of a cattle farm, settled on the outskirts of the modern village Banning and San Gorgonio to the Mountains of the late 1850s to the early 1880s and was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The place Banning was awarded its town charter on February 6, 1913.

Policy

Banning is part of the 23rd District in the Senate of California, which is currently represented by Republican Bill Emmerson, and the 42nd District of the California State Assembly, represented by Republican Brian nest changes. Furthermore belongs to Banning California's 36th congressional district, which a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R 1 and is represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz.