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Ontario, California

Ontario, California
City
City of Ontario
The Ontario Convention Center in September 2006.
The Ontario Convention Center in September 2006.
Motto: Southern California's Next Urban Center
Location in San Bernardino County in the state of California
Location in San Bernardino County in the state of California
Ontario, California is located in the US
Ontario, California
Ontario, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 34°03′10″N 117°37′40″W / 34.05278°N 117.62778°W / 34.05278; -117.62778Coordinates: 34°03′10″N 117°37′40″W / 34.05278°N 117.62778°W / 34.05278; -117.62778
Country  United States of America
State  California
County San Bernardino
Incorporated December 10, 1891
Government
 • Type City Council / City Manager
 • City Council Mayor Paul S. Leon
Mayor Pro Tem Debra Dorst-Porada
Alan D. Wapner
Jim W. Bowman
Paul Vincent Avila
 • City treasurer James R. Milhiser
 • City manager Al C. Boling
Area
 • Total 50.006 sq mi (129.515 km2)
 • Land 49.941 sq mi (129.345 km2)
 • Water 0.065 sq mi (0.170 km2)  0.13%
Elevation 1,004 ft (306 m)
Population (January 2013)
 • Total 166,866
 • Estimate (2013) 167,500
 • Rank 4th in San Bernardino County
29th in California
144th in the United States
 • Density 3,300/sq mi (1,300/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes 91758, 91761, 91762, 91764
Area code 909
FIPS code 06-53896
GNIS feature IDs 1652764, 2411323
Website www.ontarioca.gov

Ontario is a city located in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire region, it lies just east of the Los Angeles county line and is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 163,924, up from 158,007 at the 2000 census, making it the county's fourth most populous city after San Bernardino, Fontana, and Rancho Cucamonga.

The city is home to the Ontario International Airport, which is the 15th busiest airport in the United States by cargo carried. Ontario handles the mass of freight traffic between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the rest of the country. It is also the home of Ontario Mills and former home of the Ontario Motor Speedway.

It takes its name from the Ontario Model Colony development established in 1882 by the Canadian engineer George Chaffey and his brothers William Chaffey and Charles Chaffey. They named the settlement after their home province of Ontario.

The area that is now Ontario was part of the lands used for hunting and foraging by the semi-nomadic Tongva Serrano (Gabrieleño) Native Americans, who were known to roam as far south as the western San Bernardino Mountains. At the time of Mexican and later of American settlement, active Native American settlements were scattered across the entire valley. Remains of a Serrano village were discovered in the neighboring foothills of the present-day city of Claremont.


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