Arlington | |
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  Arlington Location in California's Riverside County | |
| Coordinates: 33°55′13″N 117°26′47″W / 33.92028°N 117.44639°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Riverside County |
| City | Riverside |
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
Arlington is a community about seven miles southwest of Riverside, California, that is part of the Inland Empire, which is east of the Los Angeles and Orange County metropolitan areas.
With a population of about 12,300,[2] the major commercial hub of Arlington is centered on Magnolia Avenue, a major east-west thoroughfare that connects the community with Downtown Riverside to the east and the Corona area to the west.
Arlington is common as a place name in the United States, with other significant communities bearing the same name in Virginia (near Washington D.C.) and Texas. The Southern California location was apparently so named in an 1877 meeting of early residents.[3] At the time, the nation's union Civil War dead were being commemorated through frequent use of the place name, in honor of Arlington National Cemetery.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arlington, California
- ^ "Arlington, Riverside, CA Population & Demographics". AreaVibes. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "BACK IN THE DAY: How Riverside's Arlington neighborhood got its name". Press Enterprise. May 22, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2018.