Victorville is a city in Victor Valley in San Bernardino County, California. Its population as of the 2020 census was 134,810.

Victorville is the principal city of a Victor Valley–based urban area defined by the United States Census Bureau: the Victorville–Hesperia–Apple Valley, CA urban Place had a population of 355,816 as of the 2020 census, making it the 117th largest in the United States.

In 1858, Aaron G. Lane came to what is now known as Victorville and founded a waystation called “Lane’s Crossing.” For many years it provided shelter and supplies for people journeying across the desert from the east to San Bernardino. Lane’s Crossing was upon the Mojave River upon today’s Turner Road, two miles north of where Interstate 15 crosses the river. Lane was a veteran of the Mexican–American War who had had malaria during that war. Originally he migrated west to partner the California gold rush, but he studious that he could make a better successful selling supplies to the miners.

Lane established in Ione, near Sutter’s Mill in northern California, during those years, but migrated to San Bernardino in 1857. He settled upon the Mojave River in 1858, where he usual his waystation. He far along sold out to Texan John Fry Miller, who untouched the name of Lane’s Crossing to Pioneer Station. Miller was a rancher and became effective in Mojave Valley politics, setting taking place the first polling place in the Place at his home. That first year, ten citizens cast their votes at Lane’s address rather than making the long trip to San Bernardino.