San Jacinto Valley
33.797778 - 117.005278Koordinaten: 33 ° 47 ' 52 "N, 117 ° 0' 19 " W
The San Jacinto Valley is a valley in Riverside County in the U.S. state of California. It is bordered to the east by the San Jacinto Mountains and to the southeast by the Santa Rosa Hills. The valley includes the cities of Hemet and San Jacinto. To the north it ends at the San Gorgonio Pass. The average altitude is 450 m, with the foothills forming south of Hemet and the San Jacinto Mountains, the highest points. Overall, the San Jacinto Valley has about 100,000 inhabitants.
In the San Jacinto Valley, the book and the play Ramona has its venue. It was written by Helen Hunt Jackson, after she had visited in the 1880s the valley. The San Jacinto Valley is known for its agriculture, but in course of time had to increasingly give way to the expanding cities. In recent years, the San Jacinto Valley has seen a strong development and is now regarded as a fast growing area in the Inland Empire.
History
The first Aboriginal settled in the San Jacinto Valley already several thousand years ago, the Serrano and Cahuilla later were added. They laid their villages along water courses and sources. The Indians lived as hunters and gatherers, they fed mainly on small game and acorns. Some of their descendants now live in the Soboba Indian Reservation east of San Jacinto. In the early 1770s Spanish explorers first entered the San Jacinto Valley. In the years 1774 and 1775 Juan Bautista de Anza led two expeditions of Mexico over the Colorado River and the Borrego Desert at Coyote Canyon. For a while, the main overland route to California via the San Jacinto Valley. In the early 19th century, the valley was used as grazing land for the cattle ranch of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside today and henceforth called Rancho San Jacinto. When the Mexican government dissolved the mission station, the valley in 1842 was handed over to the settlers José Antonio Estudillo. For this country, the two cities of Hemet and San Jacinto later formed.
Composition
The San Jacinto Valley is made up of two citys Hemet and San Jacinto and the two census-designated places Valle Vista and East Hemet together.
Hemet
The city of Hemet is located in the southern part of the San Jacinto Valley and includes a 79 km ² large area with 78 657 inhabitants ( 2010). It was founded in 1887 and declared in 1910 to the city. In Hemet, the majority of the population of the San Jacinto Valley's lives. Hemet is known for the Archaeological Museum Western Science Center and the Diamond Valley Lake. Furthermore, is the only hospital in the valley in Hemet.
San Jacinto
San Jacinto has in an area of 68 km ² 44 199 inhabitants (as of 2010) and is located in the north of the San Jacinto Valley. The city was named after Saint Hyacinth of Caesarea. The foundation is returned to the year 1870, San Jacinto was granted a city charter in 1888. Thus San Jacinto is one of the oldest cities in Riverside County. The Mt San Jacinto College is an educational institution for the entire valley and the Inland Empire dar. The eastern terminus of the planned motorway Mid County Parkway to San Jacinto are more connected to the road network.
Valle Vista
Valle Vista is a census -designated place east of Hemet, which extends to the Bautista Canyon in the south and the San Jacinto Mountains to the east. The site covers an area of 18 km ² and has 11,036 inhabitants (as of 2010). By Valle Vista introduces the historic Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, which is now drive onto Fairview Avenue. The city of Hemet is planning by its own account, Valle Vista einzugemeinden.
East Hemet
East Hemet is located east of Hemet and has 17 418 inhabitants (as of 2010). The urban area covers 14 km ². The community is surrounded by Hemet and Valle Vista.