San Jacinto, California
Riverside County
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San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County in the U.S. state of California with 44 199 inhabitants ( 2010). Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest cities in Riverside County. Together with the neighboring southern city of Hemet San Jacinto Valley, it forms the. Is named San Jacinto for the Holy Hyacinthus of Caesarea.
The Mid County Parkway is supposed to have its eastern end in San Jacinto. This is a planned highway that will connect with San Jacinto Perris.
Late 19th to early 20th century, many dairies and farms originated in San Jacinto.
Geography
San Jacinto is located in the west of the Riverside counties in California in the United States. In the south, San Jacinto adjacent to the city of Hemet, with which it forms the San Jacinto Valley. To the west of the city center of San Jacinto dam reservoir. It is fed by the San Diego Aqueduct with water.
San Jacinto has 44 199 inhabitants ( 2010) and covers an area of 67.679 km ², of which 66.605 km ² land area is; The population density is therefore 663.6 people per square kilometer and is comparatively low. The center of San Jacinto is situated at an altitude of 477 m.
History
Originally inhabited Luiseño Indians, the land on which later San Jacinto was born. They lived in several villages and called themselves Payomkowishum (German: People from the West ). During the time of the first contacts with the Spanish conquerors in the 16th century they lived in the Southern California coast. Your country stretched from present-day south of the Los Angeles County over a distance of 80 km to the north of present-day San Diego County. In the inland there stretched out up to 48 miles. It is named after the Indian tribe of the Spanish Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, the St. Louis IX. was consecrated by France.
The Anza Trail, one of the first European overland routes to California, led in the 1770s by the San Jacinto Valley. Father of the mission station named the valley after Saint Hyacinth of Caesarea (Spanish: San Jacinto ) and founded an outpost.
In 1842, the valley was in possession of the Spanish settler José Antonio Estudillo. In the 1860s the family sold some parts of their lands, so there formed a small American settlement. 1868 asked the residents to their own school, two years later, a post office and a first shop opened. Today, the year 1870 is considered the founding year of San Jacinto.
In 1883 plans were made for the further development of the community. On April 20, 1888 San Jacinto was elevated to a city with its own administration, then. Still part of San Diego County San Jacinto is thus considered one of the oldest cities in the region. That same year, San Jacinto was connected to the railway network. In May 1893 Riverside County was created by annexations of San Diego County and San Bernardino counties. Since then, San Jacinto Riverside County is assigned.
According to local records of San Jacinto was previously hit by two strong earthquakes: The first Christmas in 1899, the second on 21 April 1918.
Major component of the economy has long been agriculture. A further factor represented the tourism, developed by nearby hot springs.
On July 15, 1937 in San Jacinto ended the then longest uninterrupted flight, when Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov with a Tupolev ANT -25 from Moscow flew a 10,078 km long route over the Arctic. To the west of San Jacinto center today is a monument that commemorates the flight. The landing site is listed today as a California Historical Landmark number 989.
Policy
San Jacinto 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 San Jacinto California 36th congressional district, which a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R 1 and is represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz.
Gold Base
North of San Jacinto is Gold Base, the 2.1 km ² headquarters of the Scientology organization. Critics of this organization claim that there would are internal prisons.
Associated with San Jacinto personalities
- Theodosius Dobzhansky, a geneticist, died in San Jacinto