In July 1942, a telephone and business directory was published for the West Riverside Township by our local newspaper, the Times-Democrat, whose office was located on Mission Boulevard in West Riverside (now Rubidoux). I managed to buy a copy of this directory off of ebay a few years ago.
On page two of the directory is a discussion of the West Riverside Township (not to be confused with the community of West Riverside). A township was a local governmental entity that was usually used in rural areas. The directory says that the West Riverside Township included all the Jurupa area except the area south of Limonite Street in Mira Loma, in other words that portion of Mira Loma that was par tof the Eastvale School District and is now located in the Corona-Norco School District. The directory said that the area had over 100 places of business, over 3000 registered voters, and a population of nearly 7000 people.
I don't know how many businesses Jurupa Valley has but I do know that we now have over 30,000 registered voters and a population of just over 100,000. Just a wee bit of growth in 69 years!
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