Pinacate, California
Pinacate, was a small settlement east of the Pinacate [Mining District] in Riverside County, California. It was established when the California Southern Railroad line was built between Colton and San Diego in 1882. Due to a land title dispute the town was moved to the north to become Perris, California, in 1885.
The Pinacate station remained and become the location of the Southern [California Railway Museum], formerly named the Orange Empire Railway Museum.
The Pinacate Middle School is in the area.