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Desert Hot Springs, California

City of Desert Hot Springs
City
Location in Riverside County and the state of California
Location in Riverside County and the state of California
City of Desert Hot Springs is located in the US
City of Desert Hot Springs
City of Desert Hot Springs
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°57′40″N 116°30′29″W / 33.96111°N 116.50806°W / 33.96111; -116.50806Coordinates: 33°57′40″N 116°30′29″W / 33.96111°N 116.50806°W / 33.96111; -116.50806
Country United States
State California
County Riverside
Incorporated September 25, 1963
Government
 • Mayor Scott Matas
Area
 • Total 23.642 sq mi (61.233 km2)
 • Land 23.615 sq mi (61.164 km2)
 • Water 0.027 sq mi (0.069 km2)  0.11%
Elevation 1,076 ft (328 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 25,938
 • Estimate (2013) 27,902
 • Density 1,100/sq mi (420/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 92240–92241
Area codes 442/760
FIPS code 06-18996
GNIS feature IDs 1656484, 2410328
Website www.cityofdhs.org

Desert Hot Springs, also known as DHS, is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. The city is located within the Coachella Valley geographic region, sometimes referred to as the Desert Empire. The population was 25,938 at the 2010 census, up from 16,582 at the 2000 census. The city has undergone rapid development and high population growth since the 1970s, when there were 2,700 residents.

According to early homesteader and writer Cabot Yerxa in his newspaper columns published in The Desert Sentinel newspaper, the first homesteader in the area of the city of Desert Hot Springs was Hilda Maude Gray, who staked her claim in 1908. Cabot Yerxa arrived in 1913 and soon discovered the hot water aquifer on Miracle Hill. Due to the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault bisecting the area, one side is a cold water aquifer, the other has a hot water aquifer. His large Pueblo Revival Style architecture structure, hand built over 20 years, is now one of the oldest adobe-style buildings in Riverside County, and houses Cabot's Pueblo Museum, designated a state historical site after his death in 1965. Cabot's Trading Post & Gallery opened there in February 2008.

The town was founded by L. W. Coffee on July 12, 1941. The original town site was centered at the intersection of Palm Drive and Pierson Boulevard and was only one square mile. Coffee chose the name Desert Hot Springs because of the area's natural hot springs.

Desert Hot Springs became a tourist destination in the 1950s because of its small spa hotels and boutique hotels. The city is popular with "snowbirds."


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