City Profiles

Corona, Spanish for crown, now known as “Circle City” was founded in 1896 which was named so to honor the city’s circular Grand Boulevard, which is 3 miles around the city. In 1913 this Boulevard was  ... Details

Menifee, founded in the early 1880’s, is about 50 square miles in southwestern Riverside County, was named after the miner Luther Menifee Wilson. Most of the roads in the city are named after early  ... Details

Moreno Valley, incorporated in 1984, merged the communities of Moreno, Sunnymead and Edgemont, is about 51 square miles in the western portion of Riverside County. The name Moreno, meaning brown, was  ... Details

Norco, founded in 1923 by Rex Clark, was named after combining the first two parts of his company’s name The North Corona Land Company. The 14 square mile city in western Riverside County was  ... Details

Redlands, named for its red soil, is in San Bernardino County and is one of the oldest cities in California incorporated in 1888. It is 36 square miles at the base of the San Bernardino mountains, 63  ... Details

Riverside, named after being next to the Santa Ana River founded in the 1870’s, is about 81 square miles, sixty miles east of Los Angeles, and has become known as the City of Arts and Innovation. It  ... Details