Riverside, California

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The city of Riverside is located in Riverside County and is the county seat.

Riverside was incorporated October 11, 1883.

The community of Riverside is 260 feet [79.25 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Riverside lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Riverside can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Riverside had a population of 255,166 people^<3> (or 16.36% of the total population of Riverside County). The population of Riverside represented 0.75% of the total of California, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Riverside had a population of 295,357 people. This is an increase of 15.75% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Riverside.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Chino Hills	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	73,879	10.62% increase
	Chino	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	83,031	23.62% increase
	Corona	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	149,923	19.97% increase
	Fontana	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	184,984	43.48% increase
	Moreno Valley	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	190,871	34.06% increase
	Ontario	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	171,691	8.66% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Riverside.

Websites for Riverside

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Riverside. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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