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Pomona is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, in the eastern San Gabriel Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 149,473.The city is named for Pomona, the ancient Roman goddess of fruit. In typical Southern California fashion of the 1870s, boosters gave the town this name before a single orange tree had been planted within its boundaries. By the 1880s, however, the arrival of railroads and Coachella Valley water had made it the western anchor of the citrus-growing region that encompassed most of what is now known as the Inland Empire. While Pomona is not currently considered part of that region, as it is in Los Angeles County (as opposed to Riverside or San Bernardino), it is often thought of as an unofficial western extension of "the 909." (Indeed, the infamous 909 area code covers a significant portion of eastern Los Angeles County.)
Pomona is best known as the site of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly-Pomona), established on the site of breakfast cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg's massive ranch. It is also the home of the Los Angeles County fairgrounds. While a fair in the nation's most populous county might seem quaint, Cal Poly is one of several major agricultural research facilities in the state, and the fair's livestock exhibits are a noted attraction. (Other major California agriculture schools include Fresno State, UC Davis, and Chico State.)
Pomona is not, as is often assumed, the site of Pomona CollegePomona College is a small private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1887, and current enrollment (as of 2003) is approximately 1500. It is the founding member of a local consortium of colleges, the Claremont Colleges. The Cl. Although the elite liberal arts institution was founded in the city, its campus has been in neighboring ClaremontClaremont is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, about 45 kilometers (30 miles) east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Claremont is renowned for its seven world-class academic institutions and several unique r for over a century.
1 Geography
Pomona is located at 34°3'39" North, 117°45'21" West (34.060760, -117.755886) 1The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page.. According to the United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the city has a total area of 59.2 km˛ (22.8 mi˛This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 59.2 km˛ (22.8 mi˛) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.
Pomona is bordered by the cities of San DimasSan Dimas is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 34,980. San Dimas was featured prominently in the movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, although many of the location shots were of on the northwest, La Verne and Claremont on the north, Montclair and Chino on the east, Chino Hills and Diamond Bar on the south, and Walnut and Industry on the southwest. The Los Angeles/San Bernardino county line forms most of the city's southern and eastern boundaries. The Pomona, Chino Valley, San Bernardino, and Orange freeways run through the city. The Riverside and San Bernardino lines of the Los Angeles MTA's Metrolink commuter rail service also have stops in Pomona.
