Cabazon

Cabazon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 2,229 at the 2000 census. Cabazon was incorporated as a city in 1955. In 1972, due to years of scandal, political instability, and stalled growth, the citizens of Cabazon voted to disincorporate the city. Cabazon thus became the first and, so far, only community to give up cityhood in Riverside County, or, for that matter, in California..... more

Cabazon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 2,229 at the 2000 census. Cabazon was incorporated as a city in 1955. In 1972, due to years of scandal, political instability, and stalled growth, the citizens of Cabazon voted to disincorporate the city. Cabazon thus became the first and, so far, only community to give up cityhood in Riverside County, or, for that matter, in California.. Attempts to incorporate the area are in progress, in order to re-instill civic pride. Cabazon is the home of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and their massive Casino Morongo, whose 27-story hotel tower dominates the San Gorgonio Pass. It is one of the largest Native American casinos in the United States. A huge water-bottling facility was established by Arrowhead Mountain Springwater (in partnership with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians) on the eastern edge on Cabazon in 2003. Claude Bell's dinosaurs are icons of roadside America: some... less