Loma Linda, California
| City of Loma Linda | |
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A view of Loma Linda University Medical Center, with the city surrounding it
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| Motto: Serving Man | |
 Location in San Bernardino County and the state of California |
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 City of Loma Linda
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| Coordinates: 34°2′54″N 117°15′2″W / 34.04833°N 117.25056°WCoordinates: 34°2′54″N 117°15′2″W / 34.04833°N 117.25056°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | San Bernardino |
| Incorporated | September 29, 1970 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
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Mayor Rhodes Rigsby Mayor pro tempore Phill Dupper Ron Dailey Ovidiu Popescu John Lenart |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.517 sq mi (19.470 km2) |
| • Land | 7.516 sq mi (19.467 km2) |
| • Water | 0.001 sq mi (0.002 km2) 0.01% |
| Elevation | 1,165 ft (355 m) |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |
| • Total | 23,261 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 23,704 |
| • Density | 3,100/sq mi (1,200/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 92350, 92354, 92357 |
| Area code | 909 |
| FIPS code | 06-42370 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660935, 2410857 |
| Website | www |
Loma Linda (Spanish for "beautiful hill") is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States, that was incorporated in 1970. The population was 23,261 at the 2010 census, up from 18,681 at the 2000 census. The central area of the city was originally known as Mound City; its eastern half was originally the unincorporated community of Bryn Mawr.
In the late 1800s, Loma Linda began as a development of tourist halls called Mound City, as encouraged by railroad companies. In the early 1800s shops and cottages were built but the project would later fail. During the late 1890s, a group of businessmen and physicians from Los Angeles bought the hotel and reopened it as a convalescent home and health resort. They called it Loma Linda, meaning “pretty hill” in Spanish. The city was incorporated in 1970.
In 1969, San Timoteo Creek overflowed its banks, inundating two-thirds of Loma Linda. Many of the bridges over the creek washed away, and Loma Linda Academy was completely flooded. In 2010, the creek again flooded parts of Loma Linda.
Loma Linda is twinned with Manipal, India, and Libertador San Martin, Argentina, as its sister cities.
Loma Linda is located in southwestern San Bernardino County and is part of the Inland Empire. It is bordered on the north by San Bernardino, on the east by Redlands, on the west by Colton, and on the south by Riverside County. An area of unincorporated territory in Riverside County separates Loma Linda from the city of Moreno Valley to the south. The remnants of Bryn Mawr, an unincorporated community formerly located between Loma Linda and Redlands, were annexed by the City in 2008.
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