Pomona, California

Pomona is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, in the eastern San Gabriel Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 149,473. In 2005, its population was estimated as 160,815 http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/DEMOGRAP/E-1table.xls. Pomona is the 5th largest city in Los Angeles County (after Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, and Santa Clarita).

History

The city is named for Pomona, the ancient Roman goddess of fruit. In typical Southern California fashion of the 1870s, boosters gave the town this name before a single orange tree had been planted within its boundaries. By the 1880s, however, the arrival of railroads and Coachella Valley water had made it the western anchor of the citrus-growing region that encompassed most of what is now known unofficially as the Inland Empire. Pomona was officially incorporated on January 1, 1888. Pomona is generally not identified as part of the Inland Empire (sometimes referred to as "the 909") because it is in Los Angeles County, as opposed to being in Riverside or San Bernardino) Counties. However, because Pomona is part of the 909 telephone area code which includes most of the communities in the Inland Empire, and because of the San Jose Hills on Pomona's western city limit that creates a physical/psychological 'barrier' between Pomona and the rest of Los Angeles County, it would not be unusual to include Pomona within the definition of the Inland Empire.

Related Topics:
Pomona - Southern California - Railroad - Coachella Valley - Citrus - Inland Empire - January 1 - 1888 - Riverside - San Bernardino

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