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The San Jacinto Police Department was disbanded in June 2004, and now has a 5-year contract with the [[Riverside County Sheriff's Department]], out of their East Hemet (former Hemet Valley) Regional Station. San Jacinto also contracts out for fire and paramedic services with [[California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection|Calfire]] in a cooperative agreement with the Riverside County Fire Department (the original SJFD was disbanded in 2003). |
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Revision as of 02:06, 24 April 2009
San Jacinto, California | |
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 Location in Riverside County and the state of California | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Riverside |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.3 sq mi (65.5 km2) |
| • Land | 24.9 sq mi (64.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,565 ft (477 m) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 34,345 |
| • Density | 939.9/sq mi (363/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 92581-92583 |
| Area code | 951 |
| FIPS code | 06-67112 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1652787 |
San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County, California, U.S.A. It was named after Saint Hyacinth, and it is located at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south. The city is known for its giant, white, "S", painted above the town, on North Mountain, which Valley-faithful residents light up for San Jacinto High School's annual homecoming football game. The city population was 23,779 as per the 2000 census. Mount San Jacinto College, a junior community college serves the Inland Empire region for over 40 years, and the ballpark is home to the semi-pro collegiate team, the Sou-Cal Tremors. San Jacinto is also home to the Soboba Casino, a gaming casino owned and operated by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Mission Indians.
Geography
San Jacinto is located at 33°47′14″N 116°58′0″W / 33.78722°N 116.96667°WInvalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function (33.787119, -116.966672)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.3 square miles (65.5 km²), of which, 24.9 square miles (64.5 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km²) of it (1.50%) is water.
The San Jacinto reservoir is the man-made lake used as a basin for the San Diego Aqueduct, a branch of the Colorado River Aqueduct west of town.
Demographics
The City of San Jacinto is seeing a mass move to the San Jacinto Valley (see Hemet and Valle Vista). As of the 2006-2007 Annual Report, released Fall 2007, the population has grown to 34,345. There is an expected population growth of 45,000 by 2010.
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2007, there were 34,345 people, 11,848 households in the city. The population density was 1357.5 people per square mile (368.6/km²). There were 11,878 housing units at an average density of 380.4/sq mi (146.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 69.34% White, 2.65% African American, 2.34% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 19.52% from other races, and 4.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.30% of the population.
There were 11,848 households out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.41.
In the city the population was spread out with 31.3% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males. San Jacinto has a large senior citizen (over age of 55) community, includes the Soboba Country Club east of town.
The median income for a household in the city was $35,306, and the median income for a family was $34,717. Males had a median income of $31,764 versus $25,392 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,265. About 15.2% of families and 20.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.6% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
In the state legislature San Jacinto is located in the 37th Senate District, represented by Republican Jim Battin, and in the 65th Assembly District, represented by Republican Paul Cook. Federally, San Jacinto is located in California's 41st congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +9[1] and is represented by Republican Jerry Lewis.
History
Many villages of native Luiseño were the original inhabitants of the San Jacinto Valley. [2]The Anza Trail, one of the first overland routes to California and named after Juan Bautista de Anza4, crossed the Valley in the 1770s. The mission padres named the valley San Jacinto, which is Spanish for Saint Hyacinth, and they established an outpost here, around 1820. In 1842, Jose Antonio Estudillo received a land grant to the entire valley from the Mexican government. In the 1860s, the Estudillo family began selling off portions of the rancho, and a small American community began to form. In 1868, local residents petitioned to form a school district, and by 1870 a store and post office had been established.
The city of San Jacinto was founded in 1870 and was incorporated on April 9th, 1888, making it one of the oldest cities in Riverside County (actually predating the County itself, which was created by the division of northern San Diego County and part of what is now San Bernardino County in May 1893). The city was struck by two large earthquakes, one on Christmas day, 1899, and the other on April 21, 1918. In 1883, the San Jacinto Land Association laid out the modern city of San Jacinto at Five Points. The railroad arrived in 1888, and the city was incorporated that same year.The local economy was built on agriculture for many years, and the city also received a boost from the many tourists who visited the nearby hot springs. The city, and its residents ,helped to start the Ramona Pageant( California's official State Outdoor Play), in 1923, and have supported the historic production ever since. [3]
On July 15th, 1937 San Jacinto was the end point for the longest uninterrupted airplane flight at that time: Mikhail Gromov's crew of three 6,262-mile (10,078 km) polar flight from Moscow USSR in a Tupolev ANT-25. This flight was second after Valery Chkalov's crew of three ended up in Vancouver's Pearson Airfield earlier that year. USSR earned two major milestones in the FAI flight records. In the early 1950s the fraternal group E Clampus Vitus, and the Riverside County Department of Transportation, erected a stone marker commemorating this event, on Cottonwood Avenue, just west of Sanderson Road, in west-central San Jacinto.
Public Safety
The San Jacinto Police Department was disbanded in June 2004, and now has a 5-year contract with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, out of their East Hemet (former Hemet Valley) Regional Station. San Jacinto also contracts out for fire and paramedic services with Calfire in a cooperative agreement with the Riverside County Fire Department (the original SJFD was disbanded in 2003).
Miscellaneous
The City's Veteran's Memorial at Druding Park has emerged as a remarkable tribute to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Services. Each branch of the military in the park has an equipment artifact used in battle as a symbol of their services. There is a tank for the Army, a propeller for the Air Force, an anchor for the Navy, a lighthouse for the Coast Guard, and in the near future the City hopes to add a howitzer for the Marine Corps. Various plaques and memorials also grace the 1-acre (4,000 m2) park.
The largest Wal-Mart Supercenter(to date) in the State of California was opened here, in May of 2007.
See also
Hemet, California
Gold Base
San Jacinto Mountains
External links
- Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians official site
- SanJacintoValley.info Information for residents and visitors of Hemet and San Jacinto located in San Jacinto Valley, California.
- ^ "Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?". Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ^ San Jacinto. 2008. Arcadia Pub. Charleston, SC. J.Wereneke, M. Holtzclaw, San Jacinto Valley Museum Association. wwww.arcadiapublishing.com
- ^ http://www.ci.san-jacinto.ca.us/news/museum.html
