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San Bernardino County, California

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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113historic places
—earliest paper
1853formed
2,181,654pop. 2020
37cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 113 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Cima, Redlands, Baker.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

52 of 113 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

113 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
10 Mile CorralCimaStructure2021
6 Mile CorralCimaStructure2021
8 Mile CorralCimaStructure2021
A. K. Smiley Public LibraryRedlandsBuilding1976
Aiken's Wash National Register DistrictBakerDistrict1982
Alf's Blacksmith ShopDaggettBuilding2025
Archeological Site CA SBR 3186Silver LakeSite1981
Archeological Site CA-SBR-140BakerSite2003
Archeological Site No. D-4NeedlesSite1985
Archeological Site No. E-21ParkerSite1985
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger and Freight DepotSan BernardinoBuilding2001
Auerbacher HomeRedlandsBuilding2012
Barnwell Corral and WellsNiptonDistrict2021
Barnwell RSLCC HeadquartersNiptonDistrict2021
Barton VillaRedlandsBuilding1996
Beverly RanchRedlandsBuilding2004
Bitter Spring Archaeological Site (4-SBr-2659)BarstowSite1982
Black Canyon-Inscription Canyon-Black Mountain Rock Art DistrictHinkleyDistrict2000
Black Tank CorralBakerStructure2021
Blackwater WellRed MountainsDistrict2000
Bono's Restaurant and DeliFontanaBuilding2008
CA SBr 1008A, CA SBr 1008B, CA SBr 1008CJohannesburgSite1982
Calico Mountains Archeological DistrictYermoDistrict1973
California Theatre, TheSan BernardinoBuilding2009
Carnegie Public Library BuildingColtonBuilding1988
Chemehuevi CemeteryTwentynine PalmsSite2025
City Transfer and Storage Company WarehouseRedlandsBuilding2023
Cottonwood CorralCimaStructure2021
Counsel RocksEssexSite2021
Cow CampTwentynine PalmsDistrict1975
Crowder Canyon Archeological DistrictSan BernardinoDistrict1976
Cucamonga Service StationRancho CucamongaBuilding2018
Cut Spring CorralCimaStructure2025
Cut Tank CorralCimaStructure2021
Deer Spring CorralCimaStructure2021
Dove CorralNiptonStructure2021
Dunn, Robert J., HouseRedlandsBuilding2017
Eagle Well Petroglyph SiteBarstowSite2015
El GarcesNeedlesBuilding2002
Ensign, Dr. Orville S., HouseOntarioBuilding2012
Euclid AvenueUplandStructure2005
First Christian Church of RialtoRialtoBuilding2003
Fontana Farms Company Ranch House, Camp No. 1FontanaBuilding1982
Fontana Pit and Groove Petroglyph SiteFontanaSite1980
Fossil Canyon Petroglyph SiteBarstowSite2003
Foxtrot Petroglyph SiteTwentynine PalmsSite1995
Frankish BuildingOntarioBuilding1980
Goffs SchoolhouseGoffsBuilding2001
Government HolesCimaStructure2021
Guapiabit-Serrano Homeland Archaeological DistrictHesperiaDistrict2020
Hackberry CorralGoffsStructure2021
Harvey House Railroad DepotBarstowBuilding1975
Highland Historic DistrictHighlandDistrict2001
Hofer RanchOntarioDistrict1993
IntegratronLandersStructure2018
Judson and Brown DitchRedlandsStructure2015
Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees HotelKelsoDistrict2001
Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel (Boundary Increase II)KelsoDistrict2025
Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel (Boundary Increase)KelsoDistrict2019
Keys Desert Queen RanchTwentynine PalmsDistrict1975
Kimberly CrestRedlandsBuilding1996
Lanfair CorralGoffsStructure2021
Maloof, Sam and Alfreda, CompoundAlta LomaBuilding2010
Marl Springs CorralKelsoStructure2021
Mary’s CaveEssexSite2021
Mescal Mining DistrictCimaDistrict2023
Mill Creek ZanjaRedlands andDistrict1977
Mojave RoadBakerDistrict2021
Moyse BuildingChinoBuilding1979
Murphy Well CorralNiptonStructure2021
Natural CorralBakerStructure2021
New City of Mentalphysics Historic DistrictJoshua TreeDistrict2023
Newberry Cave SiteNewberry SpringsSite2000
OX Ranch HeadquartersGoffsDistrict2021
Old San Antonio HospitalUplandBuilding1980
Ontario Baseball ParkOntarioBuilding2021
Ontario State Bank BlockOntarioBuilding1982
Ontario and San Antonio Heights Waiting StationUplandBuilding2012
Pacific Electric Etiwanda DepotRancho CucamongaBuilding2011
Payne CorralCimaStructure2021
Pioneer Deep Space Station NHLFort IrwinStructure1985
Pioneertown Mane Street Historic DistrictPioneertownDistrict2020
Pipeline CorralGoffsStructure2021
Piute Dry CorralGoffsStructure2021
Piute Pass Archeological DistrictNeedlesDistrict1973
Providence TownsiteEssexDistrict2016
Rains, John, HouseCucamongaBuilding1973
Redlands Central Railway Company Car BarnRedlandsBuilding1991
Redlands Santa Fe Depot DistrictRedlandsDistrict1991
Rock Tank CorralBakerDistrict2021
Rodman Mountains Petroglyphs Archeological DistrictBarstowDistrict1982
San Antonio Heights Grove HouseSan Antonio Heights,Building2024
San Bernardino County Court HouseSan BernardinoBuilding1998
Shady PointLake ArrowheadBuilding2009
Smiley Park Historic DistrictRedlandsDistrict1994
Soda Springs Historic DistrictBakerDistrict2022
Squaw Spring Archeological DistrictRed MountainDistrict1981
Thomas Place CorralCimaStructure2021
Topock Maze Archeological SiteNeedlesSite1978
US Post Office-Downtown StationSan BernardinoBuilding1985
US Post Office-Redlands MainRedlandsBuilding1985
Upland Public LibraryUplandBuilding1990
Valley View Ranch CorralCimaStructure2025
Valley View Ranch HeadquartersCimaDistrict2025
Vulcan Mine Historic DistrictKelsoDistrict2019
Wall Street MillTwentynine PalmsBuilding1975
Washington, Henry, Survey MarkerBig Bear CityObject1975
Watson ButtesEssexSite2024
Watson Well CorralCimaStructure2021
White Rock Spring CorralCimaStructure2025
Wigwam Village No. 7San BernardinoBuilding2012
Woods WashGoffsSite2025
Yorba-Slaughter AdobeChinoBuilding1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

San Bernardino was formed in 1853 (1853-04-26) from Los Angeles.

SAN BERNARDINO created from LOS ANGELES.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

San Bernardino County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

2.2M1.1M3,9881860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,5517,78627,92973,401161,108281,642503,591895,0161,709,4342,181,654

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

37 cemeteries and 29 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 37 of 37 listed
NameLatLon
Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery34.04162-117.36444
Bellevue Memorial Park34.07158-117.6748
Calico Cemetery34.94501-116.86728
Campo Santo Cemetery34.14038-117.29215
Daggett Pioneer Cemetery34.8586-116.88004
Desert View Memorial Park34.45871-117.3565
Forest Falls Seventh-day Adventist Church34.08839-116.92079
Fort Mojave Burial Grounds34.85169-114.61874
Gateway Pet Cemetery34.20056-117.3731
Gold Mountain Memorial Park34.25455-116.82345
Green Acres Memorial Park34.04024-117.38892
Hermosa Cemetery34.07612-117.34616
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery34.02501-117.17975
Holly Cemetery34.12199-114.50647
Home of Eternity Cemetery34.11428-117.28459
Joshua Tree Memorial Park34.13413-116.35109
Kramer Cemetery34.99555-117.58135
Montecito Memorial Park34.04951-117.28023
Mountain View Cemetery34.13918-117.27588
Mountain View Memorial Park34.92304-117.02393
Needles Riverview Cemetery34.82334-114.59858
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery34.04914-117.28482
Patton State Hospital Cemetery34.14227-117.22548
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery34.11314-117.28331
Rialto Park Cemetery34.10212-117.37583
Rodigues Cemetery34.60028-117.33073
San Manuel Tribal Cemetery34.14918-117.22199
Searles Valley Cemetery35.77325-117.38191
Sunset Hills Memorial Park34.55825-117.14255
Tradition Cemetery34.09078-117.30368
Twenty Nine Palms Cemetery34.1561-116.10036
Twentynine Palms Chemehuevi Indian Burial Ground34.12905-116.05397
United Islamic Youth Cemetery34.65291-117.39087
Valley of the Falls Community Church34.08809-116.91796
Veterans Memorial Park34.0914-117.42866
Victor Valley Memorial Park34.53188-117.29026
Wilbur Grave34.30597-116.90053
Historical populated places — 29 of 29
NameLatLon
Acme35.78691-116.20086
Ailsa34.06668-117.4356
Baxter35.04304-116.28919
Belfast35.04526-116.10168
Bismarck34.96582-116.85948
Browns34.09362-117.14031
Cedar Springs34.28334-117.33421
Collins34.04168-117.58477
Cronise35.11554-116.27335
Dells34.23917-117.65367
Dumont35.69303-116.17585
Eads34.94637-117.27866
Etiwa34.06473-117.52422
Fort Piute35.115-114.98525
Grapeland34.1589-117.45422
Greenspot34.08585-117.11087
Hart35.28888-115.10331
Hawes34.9397-117.36366
King35.04526-116.20557
Kramer Hills34.92081-117.46867
Las Uvas34.12557-117.57144
Mace34.91526-117.10921
Mound City34.0564-117.2656
Poe34.79666-116.51669
Saint Elmo35.3008-117.61089
San Sevaine34.06585-117.46422
Talc35.47775-116.12446
The Pines34.18473-116.90531
Tin Shack34.37029-114.27023

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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