Covina, California
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Covina, California City of Covina |
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| Motto: “One Square Mile and All There”, “Where Friendship is Traditional” (1965) | ||
 Location of Covina in Los Angeles County, California |
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 Covina, California
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| Coordinates: 34°5′30″N 117°52′45″W / 34.09167°N 117.87917°WCoordinates: 34°5′30″N 117°52′45″W / 34.09167°N 117.87917°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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 Los Angeles
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| Founded | 1882 | |
| Incorporated | August 14, 1901 | |
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| • Type | Council-Manager | |
| • Mayor | Peggy Delach | |
| • Mayor Pro Tem | John C. King | |
| • Councilmember | Jorge Marquez | |
| • Councilmember | Kevin Stapleton | |
| • Councilmember | Walt Allen III | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7.041 sq mi (18.236 km2) | |
| • Land | 7.026 sq mi (18.196 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.015 sq mi (0.039 km2) 0.22% | |
| Elevation | 558 ft (170 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 47,796 | |
| • Estimate (2014) | 49,002 | |
| • Density | 6,800/sq mi (2,600/km2) | |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP codes | 91722, 91723, 91724 | |
| Area code | 626 | |
| FIPS code | 06-16742 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652693, 2410251 | |
| Website | Covina, California | |
Covina is a city in Los Angeles County, California, about 22 miles (35 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, in the San Gabriel Valley region. The population was 47,796 at the 2010 census, up from 46,837 at the 2000 census. The city's slogan, "One Mile Square and All There", was coined when the incorporated area of the city was only (some say slightly less than) one square mile.
Covina is often confused with West Covina which is actually larger in both area and population, located to its south and westside. Irwindale lies to the west, as well as the unincorporated area of Vincent, and the city of Baldwin Park. Azusa and Glendora are to the north, the unincorporated community of Charter Oak to the northeast, San Dimas to the east, the unincorporated areas of Ramona and Via Verde, and the city of Pomona to the southeast.
Present day Covina was originally within the homelands of the indigenous Tongva people for 5,000 to 8,000 years. In the 18th century it the became part of Rancho La Puente in Alta California, a 1770s Spanish colonial and 1842 Mexican land grants.
The city of Covina was founded in 1882 by Joseph Swift Phillips, on a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) tract that was purchased from the holdings of John Edward Hollenbeck, one of the 1842 grantees of Rancho La Puente. In 1875 Hollenbeck had purchased a failed coffee plantation from 3 Costa Rican brothers, Pedro Maria Badilla, Julian Badilla, and Pedro Antonio Badilla, the latter who purchased it from the heirs of Hollenbeck's 1842 co-grantee John A. Rowland.
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