Romoland, California
Riverside County
06-62756
Romoland is a census -designated place in Riverside County in the U.S. state of California, USA, with 1684 inhabitants ( 2010). The metropolitan area has a size of 6.849 km ².
Geography
Romoland lies in the west of the Riverside counties in California in the United States. The site is bordered to the west by Perris, Menifee and on the south by the north and east by unincorporated community.
Romoland has 1684 inhabitants ( 2010) and covers an area of 6.849 km ², which is made entirely out of the country. The center of Romoland situated at an altitude of 440 m.
The place was loud Geographic Names Information System in the past, the name Ethanac and Ethanac Siding, which differs from the name of a local landowner, Ethan A. Chase, is derived. Other possible, former names of the place noisy Romonaland, Romola, Romola Farms, Little Rome, Little Mexico or Ethnica. What's often gehauptet the current name Romoland goes back either to the quarterback Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys, nor to an amusement park of Jerry Jones, but on the Greek immigrants Romonio Homonicholai.
To the region Romoland the entire area between Perris, Hemet, Lake Elsinore and Murrieta is counted. It covers 78 km ² and is inhabited by about 100,000 people.
History
From 1905, the cultivation of oranges and other agricultural products began in what is now Romolands. With Hemet, there was a dispute, since both places wanted a lucrative part of the route network of the Southern Pacific Railroad in their field. The dispute was settled in a boxing match; this won the Mayor of Hemet, Dan Beecham, on May 14, 1906 against Ronald Arcia, the mayor Romolands. So the route was moved to Hemet.
The community of Romoland was planned in the 1890s by the Santa Fe Railroad. Early 20th century by the building of the railway. For this, many workers from Mexico were recruited, why they became the dominant ethnic group: The censuses of 1930 and 1940 showed that Romoland had one of the highest proportions of Mexican residents throughout Southern California. The Mexicans began developing its own Spanish-speaking community; they built shops, schools, recreational areas, and churches.
Legend has it that all current residents should be Romolands Mexican descent, but in reality only 40 % of them Mexican and / or Latino. Some of these came in turn from Central America or other Latin American regions as Mexico.
From the 1920s, the first blood oranges of the United States were planted in Romoland. The company Romoland Fruit Co. began in 1936 in order to market the blood oranges as " citrus tomato ", as the word "blood" would have deterred buyers in their eyes. Nevertheless, the resonance in the population was low, and in 1937 the fruits were still sold as " blood oranges ". Agriculture took an important place in the life of a community, so Romoland developed into a rural town in the Inland Empire.
During World War II sandbags were produced in Romoland, which served for attachment. 1945 Adolf Augustus Berle called the politician Romoland the " sandbag capital of the USA".
On October 1, large sections of the community were incorporated into the newly founded city of Menifee.
In Romoland there are several horse ranches. In 2008, the brewery group Anheuser -Busch InBev closed its ranch on site. Here most of the Budweiser Clydesdales were housed, a horse breed that is often seen in advertising the brewery. Since then, the horses live on the Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, Missouri.
Policy
Romoland is part of the 37th district in the Senate of California, which is currently represented by Republican Mimi Walters, and the 65th District of the California State Assembly, represented by Democrat Sharon Quirk - Silva. Furthermore belongs to Romoland California's 49th congressional district, which a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R 5 and is represented by Republican Darrell Issa.