Pomona, California
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The Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona in September 2008
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| Nickname(s): P-Town | |||
| Motto: "Vibrant - Safe - Beautiful" | |||
 Location in Los Angeles County and the U.S. state of California |
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 Pomona, California
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| Coordinates: 34°3′39″N 117°45′21″W / 34.06083°N 117.75583°WCoordinates: 34°3′39″N 117°45′21″W / 34.06083°N 117.75583°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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 Los Angeles
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| Settled | 1830s | ||
| Incorporated | January 6, 1888 | ||
| Named for | Pomona | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council-Manager | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 22.964 sq mi (59.474 km2) | ||
| • Land | 22.952 sq mi (59.444 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.012 sq mi (0.030 km2) 0.05% | ||
| Elevation | 850 ft (259 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 149,058 | ||
| • Estimate (2013) | 151,348 | ||
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7th in Los Angeles County 35th in California 162nd in the United States |
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| • Density | 6,500/sq mi (2,500/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 91766–91768 | ||
| Area code | 909 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-58072 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 1661247, 2411454 | ||
| Website | www |
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Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 149,058.
The area was originally occupied by the Tongva or Gabrielino Native Americans.
The city is named for Pomona, the ancient Roman goddess of fruit. For Horticulturist Solomon Gates, "Pomona" was the winning entry in a contest to name the city in 1875, before anyone had ever planted a fruit tree The city was first settled by Ricardo Vejar and Ygnacio Palomares in the 1830s, when California and much of the now-American Southwest were part of Mexico. The first Anglo-Americans arrived in prior to 1848 when the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo resulted in California becoming part of the United States. By the 1880s, the arrival of railroads and Coachella Valley water had made it the western anchor of the citrus-growing region. Pomona was officially incorporated on January 6, 1888.
In the 1920s Pomona was known as the "Queen of the Citrus Belt", with one of the highest per-capita levels of income in the United States. In the 1940s it was used as a movie-previewing location for major motion picture studios to see how their films would play to modally middle class audiences around the country (for which Pomona was at that time viewed as an idealized example).
Religious institutions are deeply embedded in the history of Pomona. There are now more than 120 churches, representing most religions in today's society. The historical architecture of these churches provide glimpses of the European church design and architecture from other eras.
In 2005, Pomona citizens elected Norma Torres, the first woman of Guatemalan heritage to be elected to a mayoral post outside of Guatemala.
Pomona is an urban area of Los Angeles County in the Pomona Valley, located at 34°3′39″N 117°45′21″W / 34.06083°N 117.75583°W (34.060760, -117.755886). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.964 square miles (59.48 km2), over 99% of it land.
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