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Covina, California
City of Covina
City
Official seal of Covina, California
Seal
Motto: “One Square Mile and All There”, “Where Friendship is Traditional” (1965)
Location of Covina in Los Angeles County, California
Location of Covina in Los Angeles County, California
Covina, California is located in the US
Covina, California
Covina, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 34°5′30″N 117°52′45″W / 34.09167°N 117.87917°W / 34.09167; -117.87917Coordinates: 34°5′30″N 117°52′45″W / 34.09167°N 117.87917°W / 34.09167; -117.87917
Country  United States of America
State  California
County Los Angeles
Founded 1882
Incorporated August 14, 1901
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • Mayor Peggy Delach
 • Mayor Pro Tem John C. King
 • Councilmember Jorge Marquez
 • Councilmember Kevin Stapleton
 • Councilmember Walt Allen III
Area
 • Total 7.041 sq mi (18.236 km2)
 • Land 7.026 sq mi (18.196 km2)
 • Water 0.015 sq mi (0.039 km2)  0.22%
Elevation 558 ft (170 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 47,796
 • Estimate (2014) 49,002
 • Density 6,800/sq mi (2,600/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 91722, 91723, 91724
Area code 626
FIPS code 06-16742
GNIS feature IDs 1652693, 2410251
Website Covina, California

Covina is a city in Los Angeles County, California, about 22 miles (35 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, in the San Gabriel Valley region. The population was 47,796 at the 2010 census, up from 46,837 at the 2000 census. The city's slogan, "One Mile Square and All There", was coined when the incorporated area of the city was only (some say slightly less than) one square mile.

Covina is often confused with West Covina which is actually larger in both area and population, located to its south and westside. Irwindale lies to the west, as well as the unincorporated area of Vincent, and the city of Baldwin Park. Azusa and Glendora are to the north, the unincorporated community of Charter Oak to the northeast, San Dimas to the east, the unincorporated areas of Ramona and Via Verde, and the city of Pomona to the southeast.

Present day Covina was originally within the homelands of the indigenous Tongva people for 5,000 to 8,000 years. In the 18th century it the became part of Rancho La Puente in Alta California, a 1770s Spanish colonial and 1842 Mexican land grants.

The city of Covina was founded in 1882 by Joseph Swift Phillips, on a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) tract that was purchased from the holdings of John Edward Hollenbeck, one of the 1842 grantees of Rancho La Puente. In 1875 Hollenbeck had purchased a failed coffee plantation from 3 Costa Rican brothers, Pedro Maria Badilla, Julian Badilla, and Pedro Antonio Badilla, the latter who purchased it from the heirs of Hollenbeck's 1842 co-grantee John A. Rowland.


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