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The Town of Apple Valley is located in the Victor Valley of San Bernardino County, in the U.S. state of California. It was incorporated on November 14, 1988, and is one of the twenty-two incorporated municipalities in California that uses "town" in its name instead of "city." The town is east of and adjoining to the neighboring cities of Victorville and Hesperia, 37 miles (60 km) south of Barstow and 46 miles (74 km) north of San Bernardino through the Cajon Pass. The population was 69,135 at the 2010 census. Apple Valley is governed by a town council, whose current mayor is Larry Cusack.〔 The mayor changes each December. Apple Valley was home to Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, whose museum was first established in Apple Valley (in 1967) before the museum was relocated to Victorville in 1976. Since 2003, the museum has been in Branson, Missouri. The move was made in hopes of reaching more fans;〔Victor Valley Daily Press. February 14, 2009 http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/museum_10892___article.html/roy_rogers.html?orderby=TimeStampDescending&oncommentsPage=2&showRecommendedOnly=0#slComments〕 however, the museum closed for financial reasons on December 12, 2009.〔Special Announcement from Roy Rogers Jr. http://www.royrogers.com/announcement.html〕 ==Geography== Apple Valley is located at (34.5115, -117.2120). Apple Valley is located at the southern edge of the Mojave Desert. It is bordered by the cities of Victorville on the west and Hesperia on the southwest sides, with the Census-Designated Place of Lucerne Valley a distance to the east and the city of Barstow approx. 30 miles to the north. Apple Valley, in combination with Victorville, Hesperia, Adelanto and immediate surrounding areas, are commonly known as the Victor Valley. The primary thoroughfare through Apple Valley is State Route 18, which was given the moniker "Happy Trails Highway" within Apple Valley town limits, after the theme song of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, who once resided on Outer Highway 18. The commercial area is split currently between State Route 18 and Bear Valley Road (the two roads are near parallel until they intersect in the east, outside of town). The Mojave River that borders the west side of Apple Valley, is one of only a handful of rivers in the world to flow magnetic north.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/riversno.htm )〕 The town is bounded on its southern edge by the foothills of the San Bernardino mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of of which is land and , or 0.45%, is water. The elevation of Apple Valley is approximately 2,900 feet (880 m) above sea level. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apple Valley, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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