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-->Redlands is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.  As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 63,591.
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Geography

Location of Redlands, California
Redlands is located at [34°3′24″N, 117°10′17″W] (34.056563, -117.171449)[Geographic references#1GR1].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 92.5 km² (35.7 mi²). 91.9 km² (35.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (0.76%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 63,591 people, 23,593 households, and 16,019 families residing in the city. The population density was 692.2/km² (1,793.1/mi²). There were 24,790 housing units at an average density of 269.8/km² (699.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 73.69% White, 4.31% African American, 0.94% Native American, 5.12% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 11.33% from other races, and 4.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.07% of the population.

There were 23,593 households out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $48,155, and the median income for a family was $56,254. Males had a median income of $42,408 versus $32,122 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,237. About 7.7% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.

History

The area now occupied by Redlands was originally part of the territory of the Morongo and Aguas Calientes tribes. After the arrival of Spanish settlers in the 1770s, it became part of the massive Rancho San Bernardino, remaining a dusty patch of grazing land after Mexican independence. In 1851, the area received its first Anglo inhabitants in the form of several hundred Mormon pioneers, who purchased the entire Rancho San Bernardino, founded nearby San Bernardino, and established a prosperous farming community watered by the many lakes and streams of the San Bernardino Mountains. The Mormon community left wholesale in 1857, recalled to Utah by Brigham Young during the tensions with the federal government that ultimately led to the brief Utah War. (The Mormon temple that now sits atop a hill in eastern Redlands is on the lands of the former Mormon colony.) After their departure, most of the San Bernardino area--Redlands included--returned to its former state as sparsely inhabited scrubland.

In the 1880s, the arrival of railroads connecting Southern California to San Francisco and Salt Lake touched off a land boom, with land speculators such as John W. North flooding into the area now known as the Inland Empire. North and others saw the area, with its hot, dry climate and ready access to water supplies, as an ideal center for citrus production. The city of Redlands was soon established to provide a center (along with North's nearby settlement at Riverside) for the burgeoning citrus industry. The arrival of the Pacific Electric Railroad interurban railway in the early 20th century provided a convenient, speedy connection to fast-growing Los Angeles and the new port at San Pedro, bringing even greater prosperity to the town and a new role as a vacation destination for wealthy Angelenos. Redlands was known in 1900's as “The City of Millionaires,” and later as “The City of Beautiful Homes”—welcomes you! Founded in 1881 and incorporated in 1888, Redlands is a quintessential “big town” with a “small town” feel. For much of its history, it was the “Washington Navel Orange Growing Capital of the World,” with the citrus industry as the main focus of its economy. Through the years the economy may have changed, but that special feeling of community in a small town hasn’t. 

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Tree-lined State Street in downtown Redlands is still comprised primarily of beautiful historic buildings and locally-owned shops and boutiques. Some of its most famous buildings, like A.K. Smiley Public Library, a Moorish-style library built in 1898, and the Redlands Bowl, built in 1930 and home of the oldest continuously free outdoor concert series in the United States, are merely steps from the center of town. With a short drive, one can cruise by some famous homes, like “America’s Favorite Victorian,” the Morey House, on Terracina Boulevard, see the stately homes of Olive Avenue, and Highland Avenue. You can visit [Kimberly Crest House and Gardens], a home museum featured on the PBS series “America’s Castles,” and don’t miss a walk through Prospect Park, just next door. Redlands is truly a wonderful town in a beautiful historic setting. The most famous house in Redlands is arguably Kimberly Crest. Named after the family who purchased the house, the owners of Kimberly-Clark (makers of paper goods and Kleenex), it is a beautiful mansion set high on a hill overlooking the whole valley.

Parks

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Caroline Park; Texonia Park; Sylvan Park; Ford Street Park; Crafton Park; Redlands Community Field; Prospect Park; Smiley Park (which holds the Lincoln Memorial shrine, the only memorial to President Lincoln west of Illinois, the Redlands Bowl, and the Smiley Public Library).

Education

District

Redlands Unified School District

Universities

University of Redlands

Public Education

Private Education

Famous residents

Sister Cities

Redlands has two sister cities, as designated by [Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI)]:

External links

Redlands is also the name of a house that Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones used to own in England.

 

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