Imperial Irrigation District

Historical marker location:

333 East Barioni Boulevard, Imperial, California

( Marker is on East Barioni Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2004

The first female mayor in the U.S. was elected in California in 1887. Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, but she was born in California and later moved to Kansas with her husband.