'''HESPERIA'''

is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located in the Mojave Desert Interwiki: convert » 15|mi|km|0 north of San Bernardino. The locals refer to the surrounding area as the High Desert. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 90,173, up from 62,582 at the 2000 census.

HISTORY

Hesperia's origins began as a Spanish land grant: Rancho San Felipe, Las Flores y el Paso del Cajon founded in 1781. The first inhabitants were Serrano Indians. They lived in the normally dormant Mojave River bed, but the land was sparsely inhabited desert during Spanish-Mexican rule in the 19th century. The U.S. annexed the region along with Southern California after the Mexican-American war in 1848.
The town site was originally laid out in 1891 by railroad company land developers of the US & Santa Fe Railroad completed that year. Hesperia was named for "Hesperus", the Greek god of the west. The railroad land developers published pamphlets distributed across the country with boosterism of Hesperia, California, as a potential metropolis: to become "the Omaha of the West" or projections to have over 100,000 people by the year 1900, but only 1,000 moved in.
Hesperia grew relatively slowly until the completion of U.S. Routes 66, 91 and 395 in the 1940s followed by Interstate 15 in the late 1960s. A total of Interwiki: convert » 30|sqmi|km2 of land was laid out for possible residential development: roads were set up, but hardly any houses were built, until the wave of newcomers arrived at Hesperia in the 1980s. Suburban growth transformed the small town of 5,000 people in 1970 to a moderate-sized community of over 60,000 by the year 2000.

POLITICS

In the state legislature Hesperia is located in the 17th Senate District, represented by Republican Sharon Runner, and in the 59th Assembly District, represented by Republican Tim Donnelly. Federally, Hesperia is located in California's 41st congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +9 and is represented by Republican Jerry Lewis. Mike Leonard is the current mayor of the city. Mike Podegracz is the City Manager who takes care of the day to day running the City government.


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