The City of Rubidoux

In December 1960 a group headed by Frank Vogel, a Rubidoux appraiser and county flood control commissioner, presented notice to the County Board of Supervisors that a signature gathering campaign was starting to place on the ballot the incorporation of Rubidoux. The new city was to have included all of the area found in the West Riverside and Pedley school districts. If the City of Rubidoux had come to be in 1961, it would have been the second largest city in Riverside County at that time. The largest then (and now) was Riverside at just over 84,000 people. Riverside now has over 303,000 people. The city of Jurupa Valley has a population of just over 96,000 and includes not only Pedley and West Riverside but Glen Avon and part of Mira Loma.