subject: All About Menifee California Real Estate [print this page] Riverside County is home to Menifee California real estate, which is located in the southern part of the state. It covers about 50 square miles in size and is home to about 70,000. There are several former census designated places, or CDPs, that were incorporated together to make up the city of Menifee. These places include the communities of Menifee, Sun City, Paloma Valley, Quail Valley and some of Romoland. In June of 2008, residents of Menifee CA real estate and its included communities voted to become incorporated as the 26th city in Riverside County, and the new City of Menifee was officially incorporated on October 1, 2008.
During the 1960s, the area saw a boom in residential development that began as an active retirement community named Sun City. Sun City stretches the four square miles in the center of Menifee and is an active residential and community center. Residents of Sun City enjoy two public golf courses, two recreation centers with swimming pools and tennis courts, and there is a commercial center in the city with many different shops for residents to patronize. The late 1980s brought another housing boom to the city and its surrounding areas with several beautiful, master planned communities. Today it continues to be one of the fastest growing cities in California. Quail Valley is a bustling residential community that is located northwest of Menifee CA real estate, and Romoland is a commercial and residential area that is in the northeastern section of the city.
Southern California, along with Menifee real estate, is famous for the beautiful weather that residents enjoy. Many people are attracted to the fact that no matter what time of year it is, the weather stays comfortable, for the most part. On average, the warmest month that the area sees is July, and the coolest month is December. The area saw 115 degrees Fahrenheit back in 1998, which was the hottest temperature on record. The coldest temperature on record was set at 14 degrees Fahrenheit back in 1976. Menifee California real estate sees the most precipitation on average during the month of February.
Residents of the city enjoy beautiful views of Mt. Baldy, the San Jacinto Mountains, the San Bernardino Mountains and the Santa Ana Mountains above Lake Elsinore. Originally, the Pechanga and Luiseno Indian tribes inhabited the area until it fell under Spanish rule and was ceded to the United States from Mexico in 1850. Farming was concentrated in this area, and mining of quartz began in the early 1880s. The quartz that Menifee California real estate is built upon was discovered by a miner named Luther Menifee Wilson, from whom the city derived its name.
