Politana
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.081, -117.305
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Politana or Apolitana was the first Spanish settlement in the San Bernardino Valley of California. It was established in 1810 as a mission chapel and supply station by the Mission San Gabriel at the rancheria of the Guachama Indians who lived on the bluff that is now known as Bunker Hill, near Lytle Creek. Besides the Guachama, it was also at various times the home for colonists from New Mexico and Cahuilla people. Its most prominent landmark today is the St. Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church on Colton Avenue, just southwest of the Inland Center Mall, in San Bernardino, California.