City of Coachella, CA

Coachella remained a town until incorporation on December 13, 1946, after residents voted by a 5-1 majority to form a city. Coachella first began as 2.5-square-miles. The area of land between what is now First through Ninth Streets were then called Fourth North and Fourth South. The site of City Hall was once parkland donated by the Coachella Land & Water Company to Riverside County dating back to 1905 as the town was being platted. One of the first items of action by the original City Council was to ask Riverside County to donate the land to the new City. City Hall was built on one-half of the parkland and then dedicated on October 29, 1949. The second half of the parkland was originally called “park” or “City Hall Park,” which is now Veterans’ Memorial Park.