Editing Glen Avon, California (section)

==History==
Established as a subdivision of West Riverside by the Riverside Development Company, it received the name Glen Avon Heights in 1909. In his 1972 history of the Jurupa area, Don Kruz relates that in
1909, residents decided to choose a more distinctive name for their beloved community. Up until then it was considered part of West Riverside. A lottery was proposed, suggestions were put into a hat and one
was plucked out. Glen Avon, the winning entry, had been dropped into the hat by a Welshman whose boyhood home was said to have been near the Avon River between two glens<ref name=Durham>{{cite book|last1=Durham|first1=David L.|title=Place-Names of California's Desert Counties|date=2001|publisher=World Dancer Press|location=Clovis, CA|isbn=1-884995-31-4|page=69}}</ref>

===Incorporation into the city of Jurupa Valley===
On March 8, 2011, voters passed Measure A by a 54.03% yes vote, incorporating the areas of [[Mira Loma, California|Mira Loma]], [[Pedley, California|Pedley]], [[Rubidoux, California|Rubidoux]], Glen Avon, and [[Sunnyslope, California|Sunnyslope]] into the new [[city]] [[Jurupa Valley, California|Jurupa Valley]].  The effective date of incorporation was July 1, 2011.<ref name="P-E">{{cite web|last=Stokley|first=Sandra|title=Jurupa cityhood approved|url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_D_wcity09.1c6fd801c.html|work=The Press-Enterprise|accessdate=9 March 2011|date=8 March 2011|archive-date=15 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715061408/http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_D_wcity09.1c6fd801c.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>