Cherry Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 6,362 at the 2010 census, up from 5,891 at the 2000 census. It is situated at the most northwestern narrowing of the San Gorgonio Pass.

The Place was planted in the same way as many cherry trees, for which Cherry Valley was named. While many of the trees have long past been removed and replaced afterward homes, a few can yet be spotted in backyards throughout the area.

In the ahead of time 1800s, the area was known as Rancho San Gorgonio, an outpost for the San Gabriel Mission. A large allocation of the Place was a Spanish Land Grant made to a man by the broadcast of Paulino Weaver. In 1853, Weaver sold some of his home to Dr. Isaac William Smith, who was struck by the land’s natural beauty while looking for stray cattle. Dr. Smith purchased a 1,000 acres for $1,000 from Weaver and received Smith Ranch and Highland Springs Ranch & Inn. The original Smith house stood close where the swimming pool is today. In 1862, Smith’s ranch was dubbed “Smith Station” and was made a stagecoach stop. In 1865, a youthful Wyatt Earp drove the route from San Bernardino to La Paz, Arizona upon which Smith Station was a popular stop.

From 1864 to 1866, the route through Highland Springs along the Bradshaw Trail was the single connecting extraction for passenger, mail and the appearance travel between Southern California and the eastern regions of the nation. Smith’s Station slowly developed into a hotel bustling later traffic. In 1884, the Smith property was purchased by a Los Angeles company that built a three-story hotel on the property called Highland Home. The first cherry trees in the Place were planted here, contributing to the publicize that it is yet known by today.