Chino Hills, California

Chino Hills is a city at the western end of the Inland Empire region of San Bernardino County, California, in the United States. Its name comes from the Spanish word chino, meaning curly. After Mission San Gabriel was founded in 1771 the hills served as grazing land for mission cattle and horses, and in 1841 the area became part of Rancho Santa Ana del Chino, a land concession to Antonio Maria Lugo. The Battle of Chino of the Mexican-American War was fought here in 1846, and in 1858 a stagecoach station of the Butterfield Overland Mail opened. The area stayed largely rural, with ranching, equestrian land and dairies, until rapid housing development in the 1980s and early 1990s, and the city was incorporated in 1991. Much of its 116 square kilometres is undeveloped rolling hills, including Chino Hills State Park. The 2020 census counted 78,411 residents.