POPULATION: 2,442,304

INCORPORATION DATE: 1893

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: 

• District 1 – Kevin Jeffries
• District 2 – Karen Spiegel
• District 3 – Chuck Washington
• District 4 – V. Manuel Perez
• District 5 – Jeff Hewitt

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

RIVERSIDE. County seat, Riverside. Created March 11, 1893. This county was created from portions of San Diego and San Bernardino counties and derived its name from the City of Riverside, christened when the upper canal of the Santa Ana River reached it in 1871.