What is the population of North Shore, California?

North Shore has a population of approximately 3,515 according to the latest available open data.

Where is North Shore, California located?

North Shore is located in California, United States, at approximate coordinates 33.5146°, -115.9110°.

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North Shore

Total population

3,515

Elevation-69 m

Land area28.95 km²

Weather98°F · Sunny

Coordinates33.51°, -115.91°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Elevation

-69 m

Area

28.95 km²

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Overview

North Shore is a census-designated place in southeastern Riverside County, so named because of its location along the northeast shore of the Salton Sea. It was once a popular vacation destination before increasing salinity and pollution of the Salton Sea shut the tourist trade down. North Shore is flanked to the north and south by the Salton Sea State Recreation Area. The population was 3,585 at the 2020 census, up from 3,477 at the 2010 census.

History & geography

History

For many eras, the Desert Cahuilla's native home was the Coachella Valley. The Cahuillas would use the nearby Dos Palmas Oasis as a water stop, which was also the eastern edge of their empire. The Cahuillas would travel from their village in Martinez to Dos Palmas Oasis via an ancient Native American trail known as the Cahuilla-Halchidhoma Trail. This prehistoric trail traversed the vicinity of the modern town of North Shore. In 1615, Juan de Iturbe, a Spanish explorer, set sail from Acapulco and headed north along the Sea of Cortez. He eventually reached the ancient Lake Cahuilla, which at the time was connected to the Sea of Cortez and was also its northernmost point. There, his ship became beached in the shallow waters, and his precious cargo of black pearls was lost forever in the vast desert. The legend of his lost treasure gained attention after the Great Flood of 1862, when locals reported seeing the outline of an ancient Spanish Galleon nearby in the Salton salt marshes. Beginning in 1815, Spanish missions throughout Alta California collectively recruited soldiers to begin a long journey from the Pueblo of Los Angeles to collect salt from brine pools at the Salton sink known as the evaporating ancient Lake Cahuilla. The Spanish would collect salt near the Salton salt marshes (close to North Shore). This practice went on yearly until the 1830s; the salt journeys were referenced at the time as Jornadas de Sal. In December 1823, under imperial orders from The Emperor and Governor to re-open a route from Alta California to Sonora, Captain José Romero and Lieutenant José María Estudillo led the first recorded European expedition into the Coachella Valley. They used the Cahuilla-Halchidhoma Trail and were escorted by the Cahuilla to Dos Palmas, reaching it on…