Fontana, California
| Fontana, California | ||
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| City of Fontana | ||
Fontana as seen from Mount Jurupa, looking north towards the Cajon Pass.
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| Motto: "City of Action" | ||
 Location of Fontana in California |
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| Coordinates: 34°6′N 117°28′W / 34.100°N 117.467°WCoordinates: 34°6′N 117°28′W / 34.100°N 117.467°W | ||
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 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | San Bernardino | |
| Founded | 1913 | |
| Incorporated | June 25, 1952 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council-Manager | |
| • City Council |
Mayor Acquanetta Warren John Roberts Jesus Sandoval Michael Tahan Jesse Armendarez |
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| • City clerk | Tonia Lewis | |
| • City Treasurer | Janet Koehler-Brooks | |
| • City Manager | Ken Hunt | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 42.432 sq mi (109.899 km2) | |
| • Land | 42.432 sq mi (109.899 km2) | |
| • Water | 3 sq mi (6 km2) 3% | |
| Elevation | 1,237 ft (377 m) | |
| Population (July 1, 2013) | ||
| • Total | 203,003 | |
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2nd in San Bernardino County 20th in California |
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| • Density | 4,800/sq mi (1,800/km2) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP codes | 92331, 92334–92337 | |
| Area codes | 909, 951 | |
| FIPS code | 06-24680 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652711, 2410517 | |
| Website | fontana |
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Fontana (/fɒnˈtænə/) is a city of 203,003 residents in San Bernardino County, California. Founded by Azariel Blanchard Miller in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area. It is now a regional hub of the trucking industry, with Interstate 10 and State Route 210 transecting the city from east to west, and Interstate 15 passing diagonally through its northwestern quadrant.
It is home to the largest of the San Bernardino County system libraries, a renovated historic theater, a municipal park, and the Auto Club Speedway on the site of the Kaiser Steel Mill. Fontana also hosts the Fontana Days Half Marathon and 5K run. This race is the fastest half-marathon course in the world.
The United States Census Bureau estimated Fontana's 2013 population at 203,003, making it the second most populous city in San Bernardino county and the 20th largest in the state. The name fontana is Italian for fountain or water source, being in close proximity to the Santa Ana River to the west.
Fontana was founded in 1913 by Azariel Blanchard Miller. Within a few years it became an agricultural town of citrus orchards, vineyards and chicken ranches astride U.S. Route 66 (now known as Foothill Boulevard). The Fontana area was radically transformed during World War II when Henry J. Kaiser built one of only two steel mills west of the Mississippi River outside the city limits. To provide for the plant workers' health needs, Henry J. Kaiser constructed the Fontana Kaiser Permanente medical facility, now the largest managed care organization in the United States.
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