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Aguanga
Aguanga (; Luiseño: ''Awáanga'', meaning "dog place") is a census-designated place located within the Inland Empire, Riverside County, California. It is located about east of Temecula and south-southeast of Hemet. Aguanga lies at an elevation of 1955 feet (596 m). As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,028. History The town gets its name from a former village of the Native village called awáanga, meaning 'dog place'. The Butterfield Overland Mail established a station 1.7 miles to the west of the current Post Office in 1858. It was at first called Tejungo Station and was located 14 miles east of Temecula Station and 12 miles northwest of Oak Grove Stage Station. The wooden building was located in a grove of trees a few hundred feet from the stage road.Mildred B. Hoover, Hero E. and Ethel G. Rensch, revised by William N. Abeloe, Historic Spots in California, Third Edition, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1966, p. 291Lyn Wilkerson, American Trails Revisited: Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguanga Station
Aguanga (; Luiseño language, Luiseño: ''Awáanga'', meaning "dog place") is a census-designated place located within the Inland Empire (California), Inland Empire, Riverside County, California. It is located about east of Temecula, California, Temecula and south-southeast of Hemet, California, Hemet. Aguanga lies at an elevation of 1955 feet (596 m). As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,028. History The town gets its name from a former village of the Native village called awáanga, meaning 'dog place'. The Butterfield Overland Mail established a station 1.7 miles to the west of the current Post Office in 1858. It was at first called Tejungo Station and was located 14 miles east of Rancho Little Temecula#Apis Adobe, Temecula Station and 12 miles northwest of Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station, Oak Grove Stage Station. The wooden building was located in a grove of trees a few hundred feet from the stage road.Mildred B. Hoover, Hero E. and Ethel G. Rensch, revised by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |