Agua Mansa, California
Agua Mansa (Spanish for "gentle water") is a former settlement in an unincorporated area of San Bernardino County, near Colton, California, United States. Once the largest settlement in San Bernardino County, it is now a ghost town. Only the cemetery remains.
Agua Mansa | |
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Agua Mansa Location within the state of California Agua Mansa Agua Mansa (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 34°02′31″N 117°21′50″W | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Elevation | 922 ft (281 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 238451 |
| Agua Mansa Cemetery | |
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| Built | 1845 |
| Designated | May 15, 1933 |
| Reference no. | 121 |
The town was established in 1842 in early California Alta California. It was on the Santa Ana River, across from the era settlement of La Placita. Agua Mansa and La Placita were the first non-native settlements in the San Bernardino Valley. Together known as "San Salvador", they were also the largest settlements between Santa Fe de Nuevo México and the Pueblo de Los Ángeles in the 1840s.
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