Caleb, California

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Caleb
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Caleb
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Coordinates: 33°32′12″N116°00′54″W / 33.53667°N 116.01500°W / 33.53667; -116.01500 Coordinates: 33°32′12″N116°00′54″W / 33.53667°N 116.01500°W / 33.53667; -116.01500
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County Riverside County
Elevation [1] -55 m (-180 ft)

Caleb is a former settlement in Riverside County, California. [1] It lay at an elevation of -180 feet (-55 m). [1] Caleb is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 17 miles (27.4 km) southeast of Indio. [2] It still appeared on maps as of 1943. [2]

Riverside County, California County in California, United States

Riverside County, is one of fifty-eight counties in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,189,641, making it the 4th-most populous county in California and the 11th-most populous in the United States. The name was derived from the city of Riverside, which is the county seat.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

Indio, California City in California, United States

Indio is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region. It lies 23 miles (37 km) east of Palm Springs, 75 miles (121 km) east of Riverside, 127 miles (204 km) east of Los Angeles, and 148 miles northeast of San Diego. The word Indio is Spanish for Indian.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caleb, California
  2. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1401. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.