Morongo Valley’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Morongo Valley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMorongo Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) on State Route 62 in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 3,514 at the 2020 census, down from 3,552 at the 2010 census. The town is bordered by Yucca Valley, California.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,552 people in 2010, 3,514 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Morongo Valley yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Morongo Valley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morongo Valley’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMorongo Valley (L) and Yucca Vall…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Morongo Valley
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Morongo Valley, decade by decade
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Nothing in Morongo Valley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Morongo Valley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pioneertown Mane Street Historic District in Yucca Valley, 7 miles away.
Morongo Valley and the nearest listed places
Closest to Morongo Valley
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Morongo Valley (L) and Yucca Valley California Seen from the Air and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (9). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.