Cathedral City, California
Cathedral City Hall
Location in Riverside County and the state of California
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Riverside
Area
- City	19.5 sq mi (50.4 km²)
- Land	19.2 sq mi (49.7 km²)
- Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)
Population (2000)
- City	42,647
- Density	2,187/sq mi (846.2/km²)

Cathedral City is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 42,647 at the 2000 census. Sandwiched between Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, it is one of the cities in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area) of southern California. Photo of Cathedral City city hall, taken October 2003 by User:Stan Shebs and licensed under GFDL, 300px across File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Riverside_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Cathedral_City_Highlighted. ... Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The political units and divisions of the United States include: The 50 states, which are... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties. ... Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Palm Springs is a famed Riverside County, California, USA, desert resort city, approximately 110 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles and 140 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego. ... Rancho Mirage is a city located in Riverside County, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The town's name derives from "Cathedral Canyon" to the south of the town, so named in 1850 by Henry Washington because its rock formations were reminiscent of a cathedral. The city itself started as a housing subdivision in 1925, but was not incorporated until 1981. The city grew 4-5 times in two decades, as the 2006 population estimate is 48,000. For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Subdivision is the act of dividing up land into smaller pieces that are easier to sell, usually via a plat. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Locals gave it the nickname "Cat City", short for Cathedral. Others like historians claim that came from the reputation as a slinger gaming gulch in the late 1800]s, and a safe haven for bars or saloons during prohibition of the 1920's. There are locals opposed to the nickname they believe gave Cathedral City a bad name and negative image of a place full of low-income families, homeless drifters and youth gang crime. The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... Poverty is the state of being without, often associated with need, hardship and lack of resources across a wide range of circumstance. ... A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ... A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. ...

Geography

Cathedral City is located at 33°48′28″N, 116°27′53″W (33.807761, -116.464731)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 50.4 km² (19.5 mi²). 49.7 km² (19.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (1.44%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 42,647 people, 14,027 households, and 9,622 families residing in the city. The population density was 858.5/km² (2,224.0/mi²). There were 17,893 housing units at an average density of 360.2/km² (933.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 65.29% White, 2.74% Black or African American, 1.03% Native American, 3.69% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 23.06% from other races, and 4.11% from two or more races. 49.97% or about half of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... Hispanics in the United States, or Hispanic Americans, are American citizens or residents of Hispanic ethnicity who identify themselves as having Hispanic Cultural heritage. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...

Cathedral City always had Hispanics, mainly of Mexican-American descent, and are attracted to domestic and resort jobs in nearby Palm Springs and Palm Desert. Other racial and ethnic groups are represented in a notably tolerant and diverse city. According to the 2006 study by the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce puts the city's Latino percentage over 60 percent. The bulk of Latinos live in the older central sections and the section locally known as "little Mexico" replaced the negative label "the Square Mile" on Ramon Road, from Cathedral Canyon Drive to Landau Boulevard. West of there are the multi-racial low-income section, "Dream Homes" but politely called "the Circle" on Ramon Road and San Luis Rey Drive. Another densely Hispanic section is called "the Golden Mile" on Date Palm Drive, from Ramon Road to 30th Avenue, and "el Barrio Viejo" also on Date Palm from Dinah Shore to Gerald Ford Drives. Mexican Americans are citizens of the United States of Mexican ancestry. ... Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), approximately 11 miles east of Palm Springs in the Coachella Valley. ... Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American singer and actress. ... For other persons named Gerald Ford, see Gerald Ford (disambiguation). ...

There were 14,027 households out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.63, which is above state and national average. Young couples and singles, esp. the gay and lesbian community picked Cathedral City their home, because of the proximity to the "Village" of Palm Springs and the large availability of apartment units. Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... A lesbian is a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted only to other women. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 31.1% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males. Cathedral City has a dozen senior citizen communities and mobile home parks, some have golf pars, tennis courts and amentities. Old age consists of ages nearing the average lifespan of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle. ... For Trailer Park, Inc, see Trailer Park, Inc. ...

The median income for a household in the city was $38,887, and the median income for a family was $42,461. Males had a median income of $29,598 versus $25,289 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,215. About 10.2% of families and 13.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over, despite Cathedral City has a history being a retirement haven. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Trivia

• Cathedral City had a downtown revitalization program in the late 1990's, completed in 2005, called for a permanent building to have City hall, an IMAX/ Mary Pickford movie theater complex, and a total of 130 acres of new or remodeled stores.

• The Field of Dreams softball complex on the corner of Date Palm and Dinah Shore drives, made up of four softball fields designed as replicas of four major league ballparks. The Pepsi All-Star Softball Game was held there since 1998.

• Cathedral City High School opened in 1991 is a major educational and recreational center to the city. The varsity football and basketball teams had earned CIF-southern California championship runs in the late 1990's and early 2000's.

• Date Palm Country Club and golf course, designed in 1967 and opened in 1971, has an 18-hole "executive style" facility designed by Ted Robinson, ASCCA. It features 3,100 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 58. The course rating is 54.9/57.2 and it has a slope rating of 90/93. It is landscaped in Bermuda Greens and includes lakes and sand traps. The most memorable tee is the 175 yard 8th hole, which has an accurate tee shot over a lake. The Phil Harris Golf Classic was held there for many years. Though built on part of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, an exclusive retirement community of manufactured homes line the greens. The course is walkable and quiet.

• Forest Lawn Cemetery and Desert Memorial Park are located in Cathedral City. These parks are across Ramon Boulevard from each other. These cemeteries are visited by many tourists because of those who are buried there. Among them are Frank Sinatra, Alice Faye, Phil Harris, Sonny Bono, "Papa" John Phillips, Jane Wyman, Dinah Shore, George Montgomery, Cameron Mitchell, Harold Robbins, Busby Berkeley, William Powell, Betty Hutton, Guy Madison, Buddy Rogers and many more.

• In 1991, Wal-Mart selected Cathedral City as one of the company's first retail outlets in California, but the store closed when the company opened 2 "Supercenters" nearby, one in nearby Palm Springs and another in Palm Desert, both in late 2006.

• Cathedral City boosts of three major resort hotels: The Elm near the Outdoor Resorts RV resort opened in 1964, The Doral Resort-Desert Princess is a hotel and championship golf course and the new Sheraton Resort complex is being built in downtown on the corner of State Highway 111 and Date Palm Drive.

• The neighborhood of Minerva Drive has an annual christmas time light event every December since the first event held in 1987. The homeowners heavily decorate the block's 35 homes and lawns, and streetlights are even covered in holiday decor draws in tens of thousands of spectactors to Minerva Drive for a look. The street is renamed Candy Cane Lane during this time.

• Cathedral City hosts an annual Mexican Independence Day festival on every third weekend of September, also has an "el Grito de Dolores" to commemorate the event at the city hall/movie theater complex. The city has an economic partnership with the Mexican state of Jalisco, a large source of local immigration.

• Chicano folk musician, Lalo Guerrero lived in Cathedral City in his final years. Also the city was the teenage home of actress Suzanne Somers (she still maintains a second home in nearby Palm Desert), and a winter residence for actors Robert Duvall and Martin Landau in the 1960s, and TV show host Monty Hall in the 1990s. Also US representative and football athlete Jack Kemp owned an auto dealership in Cathedral City. ^{[citation needed]}

• Catherdal City has one of the first automobile dealership mega-malls in Riverside County(most are located on Perez Road, just off Highway 111); among the car makers represented are: Saturn, Lincoln-Mercury, Honda, Toyota-Scion and Cadillac;there was a Volkswagen dealership on Highway 111 (Livreris' Paradise Volkswagen) for many years, until the City of Indio(and VW of America officials) persuaded the Livreris family to move to the I-10 Auto Plaza four years ago.

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External links

• Cathedral City homepage
• The Desert Sun, Coachella Valley Newspaper
• Palm Springs Desert Resort Communities Convention & Visitors Authority
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