Talk:Pomona Valley

message: Many now consider Pomona part of the San Gabriel valley, if driving from Ontario to Pomona there is a sign saying San Gabriel valley as you enter Pomona. all residents in Pomona consider them selves as living in the San Gabriel valley. It is very clear since i live in Pomona.
What are the boundaries of the Pomona Valley? Is it the watershed of San Antonio Wash? Mackerm 19:50, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't see any clear topographical way to separate this valley from the rest of the watershed of the Santa Ana river. Also I've never heard the term "Pomona Valley" - but I don't live in that part of LA. The best division I can see is to cut on lines of the built environment - There's a clear (but diminishing) gap between the urbanized areas east and west of Interstate 15 (Rancho Cucamonga to Fontana). EmergentProperty 04:04, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Pomona Valley is an accepted term, being present in titles such as Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (http://www.pvhmc.com/) and Pomona Valley Harley Davidson (http://www.pvhd.com/). Despite that usage, the boundary is quiet arbitrary. For instance, is the Cucamonga Valley subsumed within the Pomona Valley, or are they two distinct places? I believe that both of those titles exist only for the convenience of local residents as ways to differentiate communities rather than geographical places. In fact, all of "Inland Valley," "Pomona Valley," "Cucamonga Valley," and "San Bernardino Valley" are in common usage, with no official or de facto boundaries. Often the San Bernardino Valley will include Cucamonga, or the Pomona Valley will include Cucamonga, or the Inland Valley will include them all. Perhaps all these articles should be merged... Fried Brice 10:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with the above that Pomona Valley is accepted. Inland Valley is another term for the same geography, but there are so many valleys in Southern California, Pomona better distinguishes this one from the rest. It's basically the coverage area of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. As a former Claremont resident, I think the boundaries are pretty clear, even if they're not all natural--there's the San Gabriel Mts. to the north, the Orange County/Riverside County line to the south, the 15 Freeway/the regional park to the east and the 57 Freeway to the west. The Pomona Valley shares the 909 area code along with many cultural and socio-economic distinctions from the suburbs to the west. If you drive from Covina or Glendora into San Dimas or Rowland Heights into Diamond Bar, you'll see what I mean. I'd argue (and have on the Inland Empire page) that pretty much all Pomona Valley residents consider themselves in the Inland Empire (I know that everyone I knew did), but "officially" the Inland Empire is Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. TyranAmiros 19:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

message: There is a discussion happening on whether the P Valley is part of the Inland Empire area of Southern California. Just see the Inland Empire talk page. Your suggestion and or thoughts are truly welcomed. House1090 (talk) 00:20, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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Our request to remove the Pomona Valley or LA County Cities has been granted for the following reason(s):
The Inland Empire is a BiCounty Area consisting of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties only, not LA County. Any Questions please contact me. -House1090 (talk) 02:26, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pomona Valley in the [[Inland Empire (CA)|Inland Empire]]? 

message: Can somebody find a reliable source for the claim that "Back on March 1, 1893 the California Assembly voted 54-14 for a new county to form in the region, San Antonio County, with Pomona as its seat." I've found this repeated (also as Pomona County) on other websites, but there's never any source given and the actual State Assembly protocols for 1893 don't seem to be online.
The problem is that this vote isn't mentioned in the 844-page History of Pomona Valley (1920), and all the references that are online are clearly copied from each other. Interestingly there is a reference to LA Herald articles about "a revival of county division talk in Los Angeles County" that "would result in the organization of San Antonio county, with Pomona for county seat, and leave the Antelope valley country to be annexed to Kern county or go into a scheme for a new county with Randsburg as county seat" - but no mention of a vote on the subject, and anyway those articles are from 1897.Malc82 (talk) 14:45, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: 1893 County Claims