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Moreno Valley, California

Moreno Valley, California
General law city
City of Moreno Valley
Man-made lake in the Sunnymead Ranch community of northern Moreno Valley
Man-made lake in the Sunnymead Ranch community of northern Moreno Valley
Flag of Moreno Valley, California
Flag
Official seal of Moreno Valley, California
Seal
Nickname(s): "MoVal"
Motto: "People, Pride, Progress!"
Location in Riverside County and the state of California
Location in Riverside County and the state of California
Moreno Valley is located in the US
Moreno Valley
Moreno Valley
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°56′35″N 117°13′42″W / 33.94306°N 117.22833°W / 33.94306; -117.22833Coordinates: 33°56′35″N 117°13′42″W / 33.94306°N 117.22833°W / 33.94306; -117.22833
Country  United States of America
State  California
County Riverside
Incorporated December 3, 1984
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • City council Jesse L. Molina
Jeffery Giba
George E. Price
Yxstian Gutierrez
D. LaDonna Jempson
Area
 • Total 51.475 sq mi (133.319 km2)
 • Land 51.275 sq mi (132.800 km2)
 • Water 0.200 sq mi (0.519 km2)  0.39%
Elevation 1,631 ft (497 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 193,365
 • Estimate (2013) 201,175
 • Rank 2nd in Riverside County
21st in California
112th in the United States
 • Density 3,800/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes 92551–92557
Area codes 909, 951
FIPS code 06-49270
GNIS feature IDs 1668251, 2411159
Website www.moreno-valley.ca.us

Moreno Valley is a city located in Riverside County, California and is part of the San Bernardino-Riverside Metropolitan Area. A relatively young city, its rapid growth from the 1980s to the early 2000s made it the second-largest city in Riverside County by population, and one of the Inland Empire's population centers. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 193,365. The city is closely tied to Riverside, California, the county seat and largest city in the county, which neighbors Moreno Valley directly to the west. Moreno Valley is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area.

The Moreno Valley area was first inhabited 2,300 years ago. There are at least 190 prehistoric archaeological locations within the city. The majority of the sites are milling stations - where chaparral seed was the dominant milling activity. Rock art, consisting of pictographs, and petroglyphs are present - though most of the petroglyphs in Moreno Valley consist of boulders with "cupules", or cup-shaped holes pecked into them.

Spanish scouts initially came across descendants of the Shoshone, and Luiseño tribes; although other groups, such as the Serrano and Cahuilla were in the area. The late prehistoric Luiseño and Cahuilla were semi-sedentary, meaning that they wintered in villages, then spread out in family groups during the spring and summer months to harvest seeds and acorns.

Spanish scouts blazed a number of trails in the area, including the Anza Trail, which runs through the Edgemont area of present-day Moreno Valley.


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