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Poway is a city in San Diego County that incorporated on December 1, 1980, and its rural roots live on in its official motto, "The City in the Country."

Poway's name comes from the Kumeyaay language; Mission San Diego de Alcalá documents record the valley's name as "Paguay" as early as 1828, and it is often translated as "the meeting of little valleys."

The Kumeyaay people lived in the Poway valley for centuries, and pictographs on its boulders date to the 16th century and earlier; in the late 18th century Mission San Diego kept cattle grazing in the valley.

Poway had a population of 48,841 at the 2020 census, up from 47,811 at the 2010 census.

Poway has about 16,423 households, averaging 2.93 persons per household, and about 75 percent of its homes are owner-occupied.

Poway covers 39.2 square miles in San Diego's North County, and its growth only took off after the Poway Municipal Water District was formed in 1954 to bring in Colorado River Aqueduct water; the first subdivision homes, Poway Valley Homes, followed in 1959.

Poway Dam was built in 1972 to give the growing community a dependable local water supply.

Poway maintains more than 78 miles of trails and open space including Lake Poway, Iron Mountain, the Blue Sky Ecological Reserve and the Sycamore Canyon Preserve and Goodan Ranch.

Poway's business park covers more than 900 acres and is home to over 600 businesses employing more than 19,000 people.

The Community Church of Poway has operated continuously since 1887, making it the longest continually operating house of worship in San Diego County.