Frank E. Brown’s townsite name "Moreno"

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Frank E. Brown’s townsite name "Moreno" is the original name chosen by civil engineer and developer Frank E. Brown for the settlement that later grew into the modern city of Moreno Valley, California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement name
historical place name
townsite name
appliedTo a planned settlement in Riverside County, California
associatedWithOccupationOfNamer civil engineer
land developer
associatedWithPerson Frank E. Brown
countryAtTimeOfNaming United States of America
currentUsage preserved in the modern name "Moreno Valley"
historicalRelation original name of the settlement that evolved into Moreno Valley, California
language Spanish
laterDevelopedInto modern city of Moreno Valley, California
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Riverside County
surface form: Riverside County, California

United States of America
surface form: United States
meaning "dark" or "brown" in Spanish
namedBy Frank E. Brown
predecessorOf Moreno Valley, California
surface form: the city name "Moreno Valley"
region Inland Empire region of California
surface form: Inland Empire region of Southern California
relatedModernEntity Moreno Valley, California
status historical name
timePeriod late 19th century
toponymType settlement name
usedAsNameFor the early settlement that later became Moreno Valley, California

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Moreno Valley, California namedAfter Frank E. Brown’s townsite name "Moreno"