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Colton is a city in San Bernardino County in California's Inland Empire, nicknamed the "Hub City" for its historic role as a railroad crossroads.

Colton is named for David D. Colton, a former brigadier general of the California State Militia who became vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

The community began in 1873 when the Slover Mountain Colony Association was formed, and the first Southern Pacific train entered Colton on August 11, 1875, with the town serving as the line's terminus for over a year.

Colton was incorporated on July 11, 1887, and its 1890 population was just 1,315 people.

Colton is the site of Colton Crossing, installed in 1882 by the California Southern Railroad, which became one of the busiest at-grade railroad crossings in the United States before a flyover replaced it on August 28, 2013, raising the Union Pacific tracks over the BNSF tracks.

Despite its deep railroad heritage, Colton has no passenger rail service - Amtrak and Metrolink trains pass through the city without stopping.

Lawman Virgil Earp lived in Colton from 1883 to 1889 and served as the town's first marshal, while his brother Morgan Earp is buried in the city's Hermosa Cemetery.

The Colton Carnegie Library building now houses the Colton Area Museum.

Colton's population was 53,909 in the 2020 census, up from 52,154 in 2010, and the census counted 16,018 households with an average household size of 3.33 people.

About half of Colton's homes are owner-occupied and half are rented - the 2020 census put the split at 50.4% owner-occupied and 49.6% renter-occupied.