11 Facts About Banning California

Banning California had pastured sheep in the San Gorgonio Pass area, and operated a stagecoach that ran through the Pass.

Area, up to the mid-19th century, was inhabited by the Cahuilla people, though the region around Banning California was originally Maringayam, and the Cahuilla expanded into the pass only in historic times.

Settlement that was to become Banning California developed in coincidence with the start of the Colorado River Gold Rush.

In 1942 the citizens of Banning California raised funds for the purchase of an M3 Stuart tank to support the war effort.

Banning California's elevation is approximately 2,300 feet above sea level, which gives it a cooler climate in contrast to the county seat of Riverside at 800 feet above sea level and the Coachella Valley of the Colorado Desert to the east.

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Banning California is traversed by the San Andreas Fault which created the pass in which the city is situated.

Banning California is 25 miles west of Palm Springs and 100 miles east of Los Angeles.

Banning California is a general law city as opposed to a charter city.

Banning California has had its own police force since shortly after its 1913 incorporation, and for many years had a regional station of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

City is served by the Banning California Unified School District and nearby Beaumont has the Beaumont Unified School District, both districts serve the area.

Banning California is served by Interstate 10, which connects the city to Los Angeles in the west and the Coachella Valley in the east.