Boulevard, CA

On the Tecate Divide between the Laguna Mountains and the desert, Boulevard is a Mountain Empire census-designated place in southeastern San Diego County. The name reaches beyond the village into Manzanita, Live Oak Springs, and Tierra del Sol, so the local map stretches across high-desert roads and mountain passes. The Kumeyaay and Cocopah were the area's earliest inhabitants, and the nearby Manzanita Reservation is home to the Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. Cover Flat Elementary, Mountain Empire Junior High, and Mountain Empire High School serve local students, while Interstate 8 supplies the main east-west route toward the rest of San Diego County and Imperial County. Boulevard is a border-country place where tribal presence, school campuses, and long-distance highway travel all meet in one wide rural landscape.