Hemet is a town in San Jacinto Valley in Riverside County, California. It covers an area of ​​27.8 square miles (72 km 2 ), about half of the valley, which is shared with the neighboring town of San Jacinto. The population was 78,657 at the 2010 census.
Hemet's establishment preceded the formation of Riverside County. The formation of Lake Hemet helps the city to grow and stimulate agriculture in the area. The city is known as the home of the Ramona Pageant, an official outdoor game in California. Beginning in 1923, this drama is one of the longest outdoor dramas in the United States. Hemet has been named the US City Trees for 20 years by the Pandang Foundation because of his dedication to the local forest. The city is home to the Hemet Valley Medical Center, a public hospital with 320 beds.
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History
Start
The Cahuilla are the early inhabitants of the Hemet region. The tribe was transferred to an Indian reservation near San Jacinto. During the early 19th century, the land was used for cattle ranch by Mission San Luis Rey, which named the area Rancho San Jacinto . In 1842 JosÃÆ'Â © Antonio Estudillo received a Mexican land grant Rancho San Jacinto Viejo.
In 1887, during the first major explosion of Southern California land, W.F. Whittier and E.L. Mayberry founded the Hemet Lake Water Company, the Hemet Land Company, and the town of Hemet. In 1895, the Hemet Dam finished in the San Jacinto River, creating Lake Hemet and providing reliable water supplies to the San Jacinto Valley. This water system is a major contribution to the development of the valley as an agricultural area.
In 1894, the area had newspapers, Hemet News, and "some general stores", the biggest being Heffelfinger & amp; Co., which occupies the entire block. There's a "drug store, a nice barber shop, two blacksmith shops, a shoe store, a shoe repair house, two real estate offices, and two wooden yards." "The most magnificent building" is the two-storey Mayberry Hotel, "provided with all the modern conveniences typically found in first-class hostels, including stationary water, baths, etc., and a complete electric lighting system, whose strength is complemented by a private factory. "
Another important institution is the Hemet mill mill, John McCool, the owner. The factory, which is the only one in this section, occupies a fine brick building and has a capacity of 50 barrels of flour per day. The factory costs $ 20,000.
Hemet City
The town of Hemet was founded in January 1910. Of 177 residents, 130 chose to include, with 33 opposing voices. Those who voted against the merger were landowners who feared increased taxes. Merger helps serve a growing city, growing beyond its current infrastructure. Served by a railroad from Riverside, the city is a trading hub for the San Jacinto Valley farm, which includes oranges, apricots, peaches, olives and walnuts. The city has long hosted the Fair Farm Farming District of Riverside County, which began in 1936 as the Hemet Turkey Show, now located in Perris. During World War II, the city became the venue for Ryan Aeronautical School, which trained some 6,000 leaflets for the Air Force between 1940 and 1944. Hemet-Ryan Airport is available today at the flight school site. In 1950, Hemet was home to 10,000 people, and joined Corona and Riverside as the three largest towns in Riverside County.
In the 1960s, large-scale residential developments began, mostly in the form of mobile home parks and retired communities, giving Hemet a reputation as a working-class pension area. In the 1980s, the subdivision of single-family homes began to grow from former farms, following the "big-box" retail. After about a decade of development following the major economic downturn in the early 1990s, the beginnings of housing in the city soared at the beginning of the 21st century. The affordability of this area, its proximity to work centers such as Corona, Riverside, and San Bernardino, and its relatively rural character make it an attractive location for working class families that are priced from other areas of Southern California.
Timeline
From Hemet Public Health Center History Collection:
- 1850: California becomes country
- 1858: Hemet was established as a farming settlement
- 1887: Lake Hemet & amp; Water Company Hemet Land Company is formed
- 1888: Train service from Perris to San Jacinto Valley
- 1892: Post office established
- 1893: Riverside County is formed from San Diego & amp; San Bernardino District
- 1893: The first primary school built on North Alessandro Street
- 1894: Middle School built in Buena Vista and Acacia
- 1895: The Hemet Lake Dam is finished
- 1899: Earthquakes (estimated magnitude ~ 6.5) destroy most of the brick buildings in the city center
- 1910: City of Hemet merged
- 1914: Santa Fe depot opens on this site
- 1918: earthquake 6.7 â € <â €
- 1921: Hemet Theater Opening
- 1923: First show of Ramona Pageant
- 1940: Ryan School of Aeronautics opened
- 1943: Hemet Community Hospital is opened
- 1950: Eastern Municipal Water District created
- 1959: Hemet Police Department builds
- 1966: The Hemet Unified School District is formed from several existing districts
- 1970: More than 10,000 residents for the first time
- 1972: New Hemet High School opened
- 1974: Kushimoto, Japan became the first sibling city.
- 1983: Ebeltoft, Denmark becomes the second city of twins.
- 1987: Depot left by Santa Fe railway - offered for sale to City of Hemet
- 1987: BÃÆ'¡cum, Mexico became the third twin city
- 1988: Save Our Station (S.O.S.) bought Santa Fe Depot
- 1989: Marumori, Japan becomes the fourth city of twins.
- 1991: Domenigoni and Diamond Valleys named the site for M.W.D. reservoir
- 1995: Metropolitan Water District starts 800,000 acÃ, Â · ft reservoir
- 1996: Domenigoni Parkway opened
- 1998: The Hemet Museum opens at the Santa Fe depot
- 1999: M.W.D. Diamond Valley Lake finished
- 2000: Diamond Lake valley dedicated
- 2003: Public Library moved to East Latham Avenue
- 2010: Centennial as a merged city
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Geography
Hemet is located in southwest Riverside County, in San Jacinto Valley. Hemet is south of San Jacinto. The valley is surrounded by the Santa Rosa Hills and San Jacinto Mountains, and most of it is dry land, except Lake Diamond Valley to the south of Hemet. Hemet is located on 33Ã, Â ° 44? 31? N 116Ã, Â ° 58? 59? W (33.742001, -116.983068). According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​27.847 square miles (72 km 2 ) at the 2010 census, all of which are land.
Hemet is 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Downtown Los Angeles.
Climate
Demographics
2010
The US Census 2010 reported that Hemet had a population of 78,657. Population density is 2,824.6 people per square mile (1,090.6/km ²). Hemet's makeup was 53,259 (67.7%) White (51.8% Non-Hispanic White), 5,049 (6.4%) African American, 1,223 (1.6%) Native American, 2,352 (3.0% ) Asia, 284 (0.4%) of the Pacific Islander, 12.371 (15.7%) of the other races, and 4.119 (5.2%) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 28,150 people (35.8%).
The Census reported that 78,043 people (99.2% of the population) lived in households, 155 (0.2%) lived in unembienced groups, and 459 (0.6%) were institutionalized.
There are 30,092 households, of which 9,700 (32.2%) have children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,174 (43.8%) are married couples living together, 4,349 (14, 5%) have a female household without a husband now, 1,623 (5.4%) have a householder male in the absence of a wife. There are 2,002 (6.7%) unmarried partnerships of the opposite sex, and 208 (0.7%) married couples or married couples. 9,119 households (30.3%) consist of individuals and 5,754 (19.1%) have a person who lives alone aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.59. There were 19,146 families (63.6% of all households); the average family size is 3.24.
The population is spread by 20,340 people (25.9%) under the age of 18, 6,814 people (8.7%) aged 18 to 24, 17,323 people (22.0%) aged 25 to 44, 16,776 people (21.3%) aged 45 to 64 years. , and 17,404 people (22.1%) aged 65 years or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 women, there are 88.9 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 84.3 men.
There are 35,305 housing units with an average density of 1,267.8 per square mile (489.5/km²), of which 18,580 (61.7%) are owner-occupied, and 11,512 (38.3%) are occupied by tenants. Homeowner vacancy rate is 5.0%; the vacancy rate of rent is 17.5%. 45,459 people (57.8% of the population) live in housing units occupied by owners and 32,584 people (41.4%) live in rental housing units.
During 2009-2013, Hemet had an average household income of $ 32,774, with 23.3% of the population living below the federal poverty line.
2008
In 2008, the census estimated that there were 75,163 people, more than 29,341 households, and 18,031 families living in the city. Population density is 2,713.4 people per square mile (1,723.9/km ²). There are 33,486 housing units with an average density of 1,208.8 per square mile (768/km²). In 2009, urban racial makeup was 60% white, 2.4% black or African American, 4.9% Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.9% of the other races and 28.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino. 12.6% came from Germany, 10.5% English, 7.8% Irish and 4.3% of American descent.
There were 29,341 households where 31.1% had children under 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 13.5% had non-husbands female households, and 38.5% is not family. 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.7% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size is 2.5 and the average family size is 3.2.
In the city, the population is spread by 29.1% under the age of 19, 6.2% from 20 to 24, 11.9% from 25 to 34, 10.6% from 35 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 54 , and 25.7% are 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years.
The average income for households in the city is $ 34,974, and the average income for families is $ 41,559. Men have an average income of $ 40,719 compared to $ 30,816 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 19,046. Approximately 14.5% of families and 17.2% of the population are below the poverty line, including 24.5% of those under the age of 18 and 9.1% of those aged 65 and older. In 2009, approximately 22,300 city dwellers were employed with 4,700 unemployed (unemployment rate 17.4%).
Economy
According to the Department of Economic Development of California, in 2005 Hemet's economy was based on four major industries: retail trade, health care, education services, and government. These industries provide 4,734, 4,441, and 3,946 jobs respectively. Other major industries in the city include recreation and hospitality, financial services, professional and business services, construction, and manufacturing. The total salary and salary position at Hemet is 22,769, with more than 1,479 working alone, adding up to a total of 24,248 jobs in the city.
Top entrepreneurs
According to the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the City for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, the top companies in the city are as follows.
Hemet was severely affected by the housing crisis following the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Rent remains affordable, but a three-hour trip by Metrolink to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles has hampered Hemet's growth as a bedroom community.
Art and culture
The City of Hemet has two museums and outdoor amphitheater. The Hemet Museum is located at the intersection of State Street and Florida Avenue in downtown. This is a local history museum, and features old Hemet photos, historic photos from the Ramona Pageant, as well as native American artifacts and agricultural displays. Hemet is also home to the Western Science Center, located in the southern part of town at the intersection of Domenigoni Parkway and Searl Parkway. It features exhibits of Ice Age mammals, including 'Max', the largest mastodon found in the Western United States, and as 'Xena', mamut of Columbus. Together with two museums, a science center and a theater, close to Hemet, there is an open amphitheater, a private Ramona Bowl is a natural amphitheater located nearby in the foothills of the Riverside area. Known for producing drama, Ramona .
Entertainment
The city of Hemet is growing in its entertainment venues. The three largest places are the Ramona Bowl, the outdoor amphitheater, the Regal Cinemas and the Historic Hemet Theater, which was built in 1921. The planned development for this area is a transit village downtown, with its center being a Metrolink station. It will be the northern part of the city center, and will consist of residences, shops, and parks. The station itself, can feature railway museums, inherited trails, as well as farmers markets and market halls.
Hemet Historic Theater was once the oldest single-screen cinema that continues to run in the country. However, the theater was forced to close in January 2010 due to water damage from a fire that destroyed the adjacent store front. The musty smell forced the theater to remain closed for a year, which created a financial struggle. In 2011, the Foundation was established as a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization for the purpose of supporting community projects. In July 2013 the Historic Hemet Theater Foundation negotiated a five year lease/option to buy the theater. Since then the Foundation has restored the Theater back to operations and is in the process of raising funds to buy and return Hemet's Treasure Treasures.
Parks and recreation
In addition to Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet has five large parks throughout the city.
Weston Park
Weston Park was founded in 1921 and dedicated to John B. Weston, who was chairman of the board of supervisors from 1914 to 1920. It contains shuffleboard courts, toilets, playgrounds, basketball courts and grass areas for passive use and games. Located in the center of the western city of Santa Fe Street, and has an area of ​​4 hectares (20,000 m 2 ).
Simpson Park
Dedicated to James Simpson, Hemet City Council 1947-48, and mayor of 1950 to 1966. Simpson Park is a wilderness park located in Santa Rosa Hills in the southeast of Hemet with a sheltered picnic area and tables, barbecues, toilets and hiking trails. At an altitude of 2,500 feet (760 m), it provides a great view of the San Jacinto Valley, as well as nearby towns of Winchester (Menifee) and Rancho California (Temecula, California), and has an area of ​​438 hectares (1.8 Ã, km 2 ).
Mary Henley Park
Dedicated to Mary Henley, was born in Hemet and served as Hemet City Officer from October 1951 to March 1975, and was the first Hemet Park to be named after a real person. The park has two playground areas, half a basketball court, picnic table, shade structure, toilets and large lawn area. There is a 0.75 mile (1.2 km) walkway/sidewalk around the park. It has an area of ​​16 acres (65,000 m 2 ), and was established in 1993.
Gibbel Park
Gibbel park contains a large children's play area, soccer field, half basketball court, toilets, two lighted tennis courts, green bowling grass, horseshoe pit, picnic area and large grass area for passive use. The park also features a memorial of the US military branch. It has an area of ​​11 acres (45,000 m 2 ), and was established in 1970.
Community Park of the Valley Valley
The Valley Valley Sports Park opened in September 2009. The park, part of the eastern recreation area of ​​Diamond Valley Lake has eight baseball fields, eight bright baseball fields, eight soccer fields, four basketball courts, six tennis courts, seven volleyball courts, two ball park pickle, fitness track, three play areas, four toilets, and three picnic areas. The park is also adjacent to the aquatic center.
Education
The city's educational services are under the Hemet Unified School District to cover all Hemet, and parts of San Jacinto and Valle Vista, with a student population of over 20,000 students. There are members of HUSD schools in the rural communities of Anza, Idyllwild and Winchester.
In January 2010, the school district faced the possibility of having to travel far from the budget to restore Hemet Historical primary school, due to the settling of land beneath the building. The main building was built in 1927, and is one of the few remaining historic buildings in Hemet. Another option, is to destroy the school, and rebuild a new school in its place. The State of California will pay 50% of any of the projects, but a cash-strapped district may find it difficult if school improvements exceed the budget. A new building could cost 20 million dollars, with an additional $ 3 million added to the cost to build it in the original architectural style of the old building.
SMA
Hemet High School, Western Center Academy, West Valley High School dan Tahquitz High School di Hemet dan Hamilton High School di Anza.
Sekolah menengah
Acacia Middle School, Diamond Valley Middle School, Dartmouth Middle School, Western Center Academy, and Rancho Viejo Secondary School.
Primary school
Bautista Creek Elementary, Cawston Elementary, Fruitvale Elementary, Harmony Elementary, Hemet Elementary, Jacob Wiens Elementary, Little Lake Elementary, McSweeny Elementary, SDR Ramona, SD Valle Vista, Whittier Elementary dan Winchester Elementary.
Semua tingkatan
Cottonwood School Aguanga & amp; Hamilton School from Anza.
Alternate school
Advanced Path Studies School, Alessandro High School - continued (grade 10-12), Baypoint Preparatory College (K-12 class), Family Tree Learning Center (K-8 class), Helen Hunt Jackson School for independent study, Hemet Academy of applied academics and technology (grades 9-12), Hemecinto Alternative Educational Center (grades 6-9), and Western Center Academy (grade 6-10). School Charter Riversprings k-12.
The San Jacinto Valley Academy is a K-12 charter school that caters to students and families who do not want to go to a traditional district school. This school is an accredited International Baccalaureate (IB) and is dedicated to student preparation and student achievement.
Dwelling Place Learning Academy (DPLA) DPLA is a Private Christian Academy. DPLA is K - class 5 with student and teacher ratio from 16 to 1 classroom environment; Curriculum: Curriculum Weavers (Unit Study). DPLA will add at least one grade a year to grade 12 to K-12. DPLA begins August 17, 2015. Entered as 501 (C) (3) in the State of California.
Media
Former
The Hemet News is a newspaper published from about 1894 until 1999.
Current
Hemet and near San Jacinto are located in a designated Los Angeles market area and are able to receive most of the Los Angeles and Riverside/San Bernardino television stations through cable and satellite providers. Through air signals with limited reception including KCAL-TV 9 (Independent) Los Angeles; KVCR-TV 24 (PBS) San Bernardino; KFMB-TV 8 (CBS), KUSI 9 (Independent) and KNSD 39 (NBC) from San Diego; two stations ABC KABC 7 L.A. and KESQ-TV 42 from Palm Springs, California; KOCE 50 (PBS) and KVEA 52 (Telemundo) from Orange County, California. Two local TV stations based in nearby Hemet and Perris are KBLM-LP 25 (independent Spanish) and KZSW 27 (Independent) from Temecula.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Public transport at Hemet is provided by RTA, which has stopped at various locations including Florida Ave. and Lincoln Ave, and Hemet Valley Mall. Routes in the Hemet area include: 27, 31, 32, 33, 42, 74, 79, 212, 217.
Commercial air services are provided by Palm Springs International Airport and Ontario International Airport. The Hemet-Ryan Airport, which is a city-owned airport by Riverside County, has no commercial services.
Highways and streets
Two State Highways across the city. California State Route 74 stretches along most of Florida Avenue, the main eastern and western transportation corridors in Hemet, and California State Route 79 also follows Florida for a short time before heading south on Winchester Road, in the nearest country. Highway 79 is scheduled for re-alignment when the Mid County Parkway project begins. The streets of Hemet are mostly arranged in standard grids. Almost all the main roads leading east-west are roads, and almost all roads leading north-south are roads. Exceptions are Sanderson Avenue, Lyon Avenue, Palm Ave, and Cawston Avenue. The main streets of Hemet are Florida Avenue, Sanderson Avenue, San Jacinto Street, Stetson Avenue, and State Street.
Railroad
The train to Hemet is operated by AT & amp; SF Railway from 1888 to 1987. It was used for loading and shipping of oranges grown in the region. In 1987, it was abandoned due to lack of demand for transportation. Currently most railway lines are abandoned. Tracks are typically used to store rail cars for a short time while they are not required by Class I trains.
Library
The City of Hemet public library was created in 1906. The Women's Club members opened a reading room on the corner of Harvard street, and Florida street.
In 1910 after the city joined, the newly formed townspeople chose their own library, and the city took over the operation of a facility built in 1906. Shortly after, the reading room became too small for a growing community, and groups and residents lobbying for a new, larger facility built. This will help accommodate an ever-growing collection of books. A woman from the community named Mrs. E.A. Davis is the person who wrote to Andrew Carnegie seeking funds to help build a new library. The city received $ 7,500 to fund part of the development, and Mr. and Mrs. St. John donated the land to town to build the new Carnegie Library. The new library was completed in 1913, and served the city for 52 years. The building was declared unsafe by Fire Marshall, and the building was destroyed in 1969, and the CoBl CoB Warning Library was recently built. But this building also became too small for the city.
The Library moved again in 2003, to its current facility, rebuilt for the first time since 1913. The new facility is now located at 300 E. Latham Avenue. Just blocks from the previous location. The new building is as high as two floors, and contains 52,000 square feet (4,800m 2 ). It was designed by John Loomis of 30th Street Architects at a cost of over 15 million.
Famous people
- Carl Barks, author and artist, 1942-1969
- James Lafferty, actor
- Stuart Lafferty
- David Miscavige, leader of the Church of Scientology.
- Bill Murray, actor
- Mickey Rooney, Jr., actor and musician
- L.E. Timberlake, member of Los Angeles City Council, 1945-69
- Henning Dahl Mikkelsen, cartoonist
See also
- The largest city in Southern California
- List of the largest cities in California by population
References
External links
- Official website
- Hemet Museum
- SanJacintoValley.info Information for residents and visitors of Hemet and San Jacinto located in San Jacinto Valley, California.
- Official Library Website
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