The flag of San Bernardino County, California, is an unequally striped flag of dark blue, gold, white, and dark blue, with a silhouette of mountains rising from the white stripe. Inside the white stripe and mountains is a golden arrowhead with the year "1853" inside it. Above the mountains are five golden five-pointed stars, and in the bottom blue stripe are the words "SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY" in gold.
Symbolism[]
The flag features the county's arrowhead logo. The five stars represents the county's five supervisorial districts, the year 1853 represents the county's establishment, the silhouette of mountains represents the county's mountain communities, and the gold and blue stripes represents the county's desert and valley communities. The stars and stripes celebrate the unique diversity of the county's geography and communities and the colors are bold and distinct in a way befitting the largest county in the United States.[1]
History[]
1973-1984 flag[]
The flag of San Bernardino County between 1973 and 1984 was a plain gray background with blue mountains on the bottom and a blue arrowhead in the upper fly corner. On the bottom of the flag are the words "COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO". Underneath the arrowhead is the year "1853". The lettering is white.
The flag was adopted on April 23, 1973 as the first county flag. The flag got replaced in 1984 with the former flag.[1]
1984-2024 flag[]
The flag of San Bernardino County, California, was an unequally striped flag of dark blue, blue, light blue, blue, and dark blue, with the center stripe being the largest. In the center stripe (the baby blue stripe) is a golden arrowhead (located on the hoist side) with golden rays coming out of it. To the left of the arrowhead is the year "1853", and to its right are the words "County of San Bernardino". The lettering is gold.
The flag was adopted on August 27, 1984, in celebration of the opening of the County Government Center in San Bernardino, which was also marked by the introduction of a county logo, which is printed on the flag. The county stopped using the logo during the late 1990s, but it remained on the flag.[1]