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Apple Valley, California
Apple Valley is a town in San Bernardino County's High Desert, California, incorporated in 1988 with about 75,791 residents (2020), known for its 1920s apple orchards, Bass and Westlund's 1946 land development, and Mojave River water issues.
Barstow, California
Barstow, California: Mojave Desert city in San Bernardino County midway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, founded 1886, incorporated 1947, population about 25,000, at the junction of I-15, I-40, and Routes 58 and 247, home to BNSF's largest classification yard and the approved $4 billion Barstow International Gateway rail project.
Big Bear Lake, California
Big Bear Lake is an incorporated San Bernardino County, California resort city at about 6,759 feet elevation, population about 5,000, built around a snow-fed reservoir dammed in 1884 and 1912, known for Big Bear Mountain Resort skiing and lake recreation.
Chino Hills, California
Chino Hills is a city in San Bernardino County, California, incorporated December 1, 1991, with about 78,000 residents, 45 square miles of planned suburbs, and Chino Hills State Park's 14,102 preserved acres.
Chino, California
Chino is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, at the western edge of the Inland Empire, with about 97,000 residents (2025 estimate), a dairy-and-agriculture past, and a logistics-based economy.
Coachella, California
Coachella, California: city in Riverside County at the eastern Coachella Valley, incorporated 1946, name from a printer's error; agricultural, 97% Latino, recently fighting a proposed 450-acre data center campus.
Corona, California
Corona, California: city in Riverside County incorporated July 13, 1896, named for its circular Grand Boulevard; founded 1886 as South Riverside, once the Lemon Capital of the World, now about 160,000 residents.
Fontana, California
Fontana, California: a San Bernardino County city about 50 miles east of Los Angeles, founded 1913, incorporated 1952, shaped by Kaiser Steel (1942-1984), now a logistics hub of over 208,000 people.
Hemet, California
Hemet is a city in Riverside County's San Jacinto Valley, incorporated in 1910, with a 2020 population of 89,833 and home of the Ramona Pageant.
Indian Wells, California
Indian Wells, California: affluent Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, incorporated July 14, 1967 as California's 400th city; named for a Cahuilla well; home of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament.
Indio, California
Indio, California: Coachella Valley city founded 1876 as a Southern Pacific Railroad stop, incorporated 1930 as the valley's first city; date capital and home of the Coachella and Stagecoach festivals, population about 94,000.
La Quinta, California
La Quinta is a Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, California, incorporated May 1, 1982 and named for the 1926 La Quinta Resort. Population 37,558 (2020 census), 39,440 estimated 2025; 35.26 square miles; median household income $99,250.
Lake Elsinore, California
Lake Elsinore is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, on the shore of Southern California's largest natural lake. Incorporated in 1888 as Elsinore, it has about 75,000 residents.
Loma Linda, California
Loma Linda, California: San Bernardino County city (incorporated 1970, pop. ~24,791), home of Loma Linda University and Medical Center; often cited as a Blue Zone, a claim lacking epidemiological confirmation.
Moreno Valley, California
Moreno Valley is a city in Riverside County, California, incorporated in 1984 from three rural communities and home to about 208,634 people as of the 2020 Census.
Murrieta
Murrieta, a city in Riverside County, California, incorporated July 1, 1991 and named for sheep rancher Juan Murrieta; population about 114,000, grown via I-15 commuter expansion.
Needles, California
Needles, California, is a small city on the Colorado River at the Arizona border, founded in 1883 with the railroad and known for Route 66.
Ontario, California
Ontario, California: Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County founded 1882 by the Chaffey brothers as the Model Colony, incorporated 1891; population about 187,000, home to Ontario International Airport.
Palm Desert, California
Palm Desert, California: a Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, incorporated November 26, 1973, charter city since 1997, council-manager government, 51,163 residents (2020), home to College of the Desert and El Paseo shopping district.
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California: resort city in the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, about 107 miles east of Los Angeles; home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, midcentury modern Desert Modernism architecture, Modernism Week, and a $1.9 billion tourism economy.
Perris, California
Perris, California: Riverside County city (pop. 83,237 est. 2025) incorporated 1911, named for railroad engineer Fred T. Perris; home of Lake Perris State Recreation Area, the Southern California Railway Museum, and a major Inland Empire warehouse hub.
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Rancho Cucamonga is a general law city in western San Bernardino County, California, incorporated in 1977 from Cucamonga, Alta Loma, and Etiwanda; population about 174,453 (2020), area 46.5 square miles.
Rancho Mirage, California
Rancho Mirage is a Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, California, incorporated in 1973, known for country clubs, golf resorts, Desert Modern architecture, and the Disney Cotino community; population about 17,900, heavily retired and affluent.
Redlands, California
Redlands, California: Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County, founded 1881, incorporated 1888, once the Washington Navel Orange Growing Capital of the World; population about 74,000, home of the University of Redlands and Redlands Bowl.
Rialto, California
Rialto, California: Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County, incorporated 1911, named after Venice's Rialto Bridge; former citrus town, now a 106,000-person logistics and warehouse hub.
Riverside, California
Riverside, California: Inland Southern California county-seat city founded in 1870, birthplace of the navel orange industry and Mission Revival architecture, home of the Mission Inn and UC Riverside, population about 319,000.
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city in Southern California and the county seat and largest city of San Bernardino County, founded in 1810 by Spanish missionaries and incorporated in 1854.
Temecula, California
Temecula is a city in Riverside County, California, about 60 miles north of San Diego, incorporated December 1, 1989 and named for the Luiseño place 'Éxva Teméeku; known for Old Town and nearly 50 wineries.
Twentynine Palms, California
Twentynine Palms is a Mojave Desert city in San Bernardino County, California, incorporated 1987, gateway to Joshua Tree National Park and home of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center; population about 28,000.
Upland, California
Upland, California, also historically North Ontario or Town of Magnolia, is an Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County incorporated in 1906, population about 79,000, known for citrus heritage, Euclid Avenue, and nine historic districts.