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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
San Bernardino County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 in the 2000 census. With an area of 20,105 square miles, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the United States by area (Alaska has boroughs). It is larger than each of the nine smallest states, larger than the four smallest states combined, and larger than the nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Costa Rica.
Located in southeast California, the thinly populated deserts and mountains of this vast county stretch from where the bulk of the county population resides in two Census County Divisions, some 1,422,745 people as of the 2010 Census, covering the 450 square miles (1,166 sq km) south of the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino Valley, to the Nevada border and the Colorado River.
The county seat is San Bernardino. The county is considered part of the Inland Empire region.
History
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Father Francisco Dumetz named San Bernardino on May 20, 1810, feast day of St. Bernardino of Siena.
San Bernardino County was formed in 1853 from parts of Los Angeles County. Parts of the county's territory were given to Riverside County in 1893.
The Franciscans gave the name San Bernardino to the snowcapped peak in Southern California, in honor of the saint and it is from him that the county derives its name.[1]
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1853 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1853 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1854 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1854 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1854 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1856 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1900 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 5,551
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| 1870 | 3,988
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| 1880 | 7,786
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| 1890 | 25,497
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| 1900 | 27,929
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| 1910 | 56,706
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| 1920 | 73,401
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| 1930 | 133,900
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| 1940 | 161,108
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| 1950 | 281,642
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| 1960 | 503,591
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| 1970 | 684,072
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| 1980 | 895,016
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| 1990 | 1,418,380
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