10 Interesting Facts About Moreno Valley

Facts About Moreno Valley

Facts About Moreno Valley

  • Frank E. Brown, one of the founders of the community of Moreno in 1882, declined to have the town named after him, but to honour him, the town was named Moreno, Spanish for brown.
  • Moreno Valley is a city in Riverside County, California and is part of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan Area.
  • The city derived its name from the small community of Moreno.
  • The city has a total area of 51.5 square miles, of which, 51.3 square miles of it is land and 0.2 square miles of it is water.
  • The Moreno Valley area was first inhabited 2,300 years ago.
  • The estimated population of Moreno Valley is 207,289, as of 2019.
  • Moreno was incorporated as a city in 1984.
  • The highest recorded temperature was 113 °F (45 °C) in 1960 & The lowest recorded temperature was 22 °F (−6 °C) in 1974.
  • The elevation of Moreno Valley is 497 m above sea level.
  • The city motto of Moreno Valley is “People, Pride, Progress”.

 

Facts About Moreno Valley
Facts About Moreno Valley