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Claremont, city, Los Angeles county, southwestern California, U.S. Claremont lies in the Pomona Valley, at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, adjacent to Pomona and 30 miles (50 km) east of Los Angeles. The Cahuilla Indians were the area’s first inhabitants, and Spanish settlers later built a mission there. The city was founded in 1887 by the Pacific Land Improvement Company, a subsidiary of the Santa Fe Railway, and it was probably named for...

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