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  2. Palmdale, California - Wikipedia

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    Palmdale is a city in northern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. The city lies in the Antelope Valley of Southern California. The San Gabriel Mountains separate Palmdale from the Los Angeles Basin to the south. On August 24, 1962, Palmdale became the first city in Antelope Valley.

  3. High Desert (California) - Wikipedia

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    High Desert is a vernacular region with non-discrete boundaries covering areas of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. The region encompasses various terrain with elevations generally between 2,000 and 4,000 ft (610 and 1,220 m) above sea level, and is located just north of the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and Little San Bernardino ...

  4. List of cities in Los Angeles County, California - Wikipedia

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    "Cities within the County of Los Angeles" (PDF). Chief Executive Office - Los Angeles County "Census 2010: Table 3A — Total Population by Race (Hispanic exclusive) and Hispanic or Latino: 2010". California Department of Finance. Archived from the original (Excel) on November 24, 2011

  5. Los Angeles County, California - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles County is one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850. [8] The county originally included parts of what are now Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, Tulare, Ventura, and Orange counties. In 1851 and 1852, Los Angeles County stretched from the coast to the state line of Nevada. [9]

  6. Greater Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with Los Angeles County in the center, and Orange County to the southeast.

  7. Inland Empire - Wikipedia

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    UTC−08:00 ( PST) • Summer ( DST) UTC−07:00 ( PDT) The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area or region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County to the east. The bulk of the population is centered in ...

  8. History of Riverside, California - Wikipedia

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    1876 C.C. Miller begins accepting paying guests has his adobe home named the Glenwood Cottages. [67] 1880 Frank Miller, C. C. Miller's son, takes over the Glenwood Cottages. [67] 1883 The city of Riverside is incorporated. [61] 1893 On March 11 the County of Riverside is formed, with Riverside as the county seat.

  9. Riverside County, California - Wikipedia

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    Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, [3] [5] making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the United States. The name was derived from the city of Riverside, which is the county seat.