Pedley, California
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Pedley was a census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Riverside County
Riverside County, California
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, California
California
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 12,672 at the 2010 census, up from 11,207 at the 2000 census. On July 1, 2011, the CDP became part of the newly incorporated City of Jurupa Valley
Jurupa Valley, California
Jurupa Valley is a city of Riverside County, California. On March 8, 2011, voters approved a ballot measure to incorporate the area into its own city; as a result, the area has been an incorporated city since July 1, 2011....

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History

Pedley took its name from William Pedley
William Pedley
William Everard Pedley was an English civil engineer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex and was later an engineer in California. He gave his name to the town of Pedley, California....

 a former English cricket
Cricket
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er who became manager of the San Jacinto Land Company at Riverside, California
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...

. He was the designer, builder, and engineer of the irrigation system that was installed there. The settlement was named in 1903 or 1904 when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railorad (SP&LASL) which is now the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) installed a switch and a railroad station at the location. The concrete viaduct train bridge that crosses the Santa Ana River was at one time the longest concrete railroad bridge in the United States. On the northern edge of Pedley at Jurupa Ave C/O Van Buren is the Bly Wye. The wye serves as a juncture to the Crestmore Cement Mill and was once the connection to the Pacific Electric to downtown Riverside and Rialto. The Bly Wye also led to the rock quary at the end of Jurupa Ave. The rock quary provided rock for San Pedro Harbor and the rock jetties.

Incorporation into the City of Jurupa Valley

On March 8, 2011, voters passed Measure A by a 54.03% YES vote, incorporating the areas of Mira Loma
Mira Loma, California
Mira Loma was a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 21,930 at the 2010 census, up from 17,617 at the 2000 census. Mira Loma was known as Wineville prior to 1930. The name was changed that year to help disassociate the community from the...

, Pedley, Rubidoux
Rubidoux, California
Rubidoux was a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,280, up from 29,180 at the 2000 census. Like much of the fast-growing Inland Empire Metropolitan Area, Rubidoux is rapidly changing...

, Glen Avon
Glen Avon, California
Glen Avon was a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 20,199 at the 2010 census, up from 14,853 at the 2000 census...

, and Sunnyslope
Sunnyslope, California
Sunnyslope was a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 5,153 at the 2010 census, up from 4,437 at the 2000 census...

 into the new city
City
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 Jurupa Valley
Jurupa Valley, California
Jurupa Valley is a city of Riverside County, California. On March 8, 2011, voters approved a ballot measure to incorporate the area into its own city; as a result, the area has been an incorporated city since July 1, 2011....

. The effective date of incorporation was July 1, 2011.

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Pedley had a population of 12,672. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 was 2,477.0 people per square mile (956.4/km²). The racial makeup of Pedley was 7,509 (59.3%) White, 381 (3.0%) African American, 119 (0.9%) Native American, 554 (4.4%) Asian, 48 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 3,520 (27.8%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 541 (4.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,773 persons (53.4%).

The Census reported that 12,502 people (98.7% of the population) lived in households, 17 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 153 (1.2%) were institutionalized.

There were 3,451 households, out of which 1,615 (46.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,106 (61.0%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 438 (12.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 260 (7.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 236 (6.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
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, and 27 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 460 households (13.3%) were made up of individuals and 201 (5.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.62. There were 2,804 families
Family (U.S. Census)
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 (81.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.89.

The population was spread out with 3,511 people (27.7%) under the age of 18, 1,450 people (11.4%) aged 18 to 24, 3,268 people (25.8%) aged 25 to 44, 3,171 people (25.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,272 people (10.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.4 years. For every 100 females there were 101.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.8 males.

There were 3,663 housing units at an average density of 716.0 per square mile (276.4/km²), of which 2,609 (75.6%) were owner-occupied, and 842 (24.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.5%. 9,229 people (72.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,273 people (25.8%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 11,207 people, 3,180 households, and 2,636 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 2,204.7 people per square mile (851.8/km²). There were 3,289 housing units at an average density of 647.0 per square mile (250.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.9% White, 4.6% African American, 0.9% Native American, 3.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 18.4% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 5.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 34.3% of the population.

There were 3,180 households out of which 47.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.1% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.5 and the average family size was 3.8.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 33.0% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $60,567, and the median income for a family was $63,239. Males had a median income of $40,227 versus $26,508 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $20,623. About 4.7% of families and 8.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Fire Department

Pedley is served by the Riverside County Fire Department/CAL FIRE also known as state-operated California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
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 (CDF) and Pedley Fire Station.

Station 16 is in Battalion 14. Station 16 was formely Battalion 14 headquarters, before battalion 14 moved to Station 17 Glen Avon in the early 1990s.

Engine 16,
Engine 216, and
Squad 16

At one time there were three engine companies running out of Station 16, Engine 16 (1985 Spartan Van Pelt RCOFD Asset #85X446), Engine 16A (1978 Ford Kovatch with a Ford C700 cab, RCOFD Asset #78X269) and Engine 16R the battalion reserve engine (1991 Emergency One with Ford C800 cab RCOFD Asset #91X517).

In 1994, Station 16 received it's current engine, a 1994 E-One (RCOFD Asset #94X824) which replaced the 1985 Spartan Van Pelt. Old Engine 16 became Engine 19A at Station 19 in Highgrove.

Historic Strike Team involvement: In 1993 during the Malibu fires all the Engines in Battalion 14 were assembled into several strike teams and were dispatched to Malibu.

The Station is located at 9270 Limonite Ave, Riverside, CA 92509

The Pedley Volunteer Fire Company was formed in 1954. The name changed to Pedley Fire Department in 1997. The third Squad 16 in 1998 had a logo penstriped on the fenders of the squad that said "Serving the Communities of Jurupa Valley" - this was the idea of a Pedley Volunteer Firefighter, who had graduated from Jurupa Valley High School in 1993. Now the area is an incorporated city with the namesake.

In 1994, the Pedley Volunteer Fire Company started the annual "Christmas Adopt-A-Family Program." This program started out with serving approx. 23 families the first year to over hundreds of families in 2010.

The Pedley Fire Company is also known for it's annual pancake breakfast that usually takes place in the Month of May.

In Law enforcement, Pedley and the entire Jurupa Valley (i.e. Mira Loma and Glen Avon) is served by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department office based in Rubidoux.

Politics

In the state legislature
California State Legislature
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 Pedley is located in the 31st Senate
California State Senate
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 District, represented by Republican
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 Robert Dutton
Robert Dutton
Robert D. Dutton is an American politician. He has served as the California State Senate Republican Leader since 2010 and as a Senator representing the 31st Senate District since 2004, after serving two years as a State Assemblyman for the 63rd Assembly District.-Biography:Robert Dutton was born...

, and in the 66th Assembly
California State Assembly
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 District, represented by Republican Kevin Jeffries
Kevin Jeffries
Kevin Jeffries is an American politician from the State of California. He is currently a member of the California State Assembly representing the California's 66th Assembly district...

. Federally, Pedley is located in California's 44th congressional district
California's 44th congressional district
California's 44th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that currently covers an area of Southern California from San Clemente in Orange County on the coast, north-by-northeast inland to Riverside County, including the cities of Corona, Norco, Rubidoux,...

, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index
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 of R +6 and is represented by Republican Ken Calvert
Ken Calvert
Kenneth Stanton "Ken" Calvert is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 43rd, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is part of the Inland Empire and south Orange County areas of Southern California.-Early life, education and career:Calvert was born in...

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