Pomona, California
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Pomona is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. The main campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, also known as Cal Poly Pomona, lies partially within Pomona's city limits, with the rest being located in the neighboring unincorporated community of Ramona.
Image: Downtown Pomona 04 panoramio
Image: Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Pomona
The Adobe de Palomares, built in 1855 by Ygnacio Palomares, is the oldest building in Pomona.
View to the west-southwest down San Jose Creek from Pomona Park (now Ganesha Park) in 1904. Elephant Hill is in the center distance.
Pomona (mythology)
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Pomona was a goddess of fruitful abundance and plenty in ancient Roman religion and myth. Her name comes from the Latin word pomum, "fruit", specifically orchard fruit.
Pomona, by Nicolas Fouché, c. 1700.
Vertumnus and Pomona by Peter Paul Rubens, 1617–1619, private collection in Madrid.
Vertumnus and Pomona by William Hamilton