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Beaumont is a city in Riverside County located at the summit of the San Gorgonio Pass, between the San Bernardino Mountains and Mount San Gorgonio to the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south.

The San Gorgonio Pass through present-day Beaumont was identified in 1853 by a U.S. government surveying expedition under Lieutenant R.S. Williamson searching for a railroad route to the Pacific.

The community began as Summit Station, a mail stop in the 1860s and a Southern Pacific Railroad stop from 1875, and the townsite was laid out in the 1880s under the name San Gorgonio.

Beaumont was incorporated on November 18, 1912, and its name is French for "beautiful mountain."

Early Beaumont was dubbed "the land of the big red apple" because it was one of Riverside County's largest apple-growing areas, with local orchards growing into a $200,000 industry by 1930.

Beaumont celebrates its orchard heritage with an annual Cherry Festival, and the nearby Highland Springs area hosts a Lavender Festival.

Beaumont had a population of 53,036 at the 2020 census, up sharply from 36,877 in 2010, after the San Gorgonio Pass area registered some of the fastest population growth in Riverside County.

Beaumont has about 17,721 households averaging 3.17 people each, and about 80.8% of its homes are owner-occupied.

At roughly 2,600 feet above sea level, Beaumont's pass location gives it cooler, crisper air than the desert and valley cities around it.

The Beaumont Unified School District serves students in Beaumont and in the neighboring unincorporated community of Cherry Valley.