Founded on 20 October 1909, it is considered one of the most important communities in the valley, the second most populous, according to the number of inhabitants reported in the 2020 census, which amounted to 9,572 people.

Ciudad Morelos is located approximately 50 km (31 mi) from the state capital, Mexicali.

[3] Around 1901, in the Valley of Mexicali, the first railway in the north of Mexico began to be designed, the Intercalifornia known as El Pachuco.

The Government of Porfirio Díaz had not contemplated the use of the Baja California region, so the Americans requested to transport supplies by train between their cities of San Diego and Yuma.

It mainly transported passengers that crossed the northern part of the Mexicali Valley with the United States border line, through 18 railway stations: Mexicali, Packard, Ampac, Palaco, Pascualitos, Sesbania, Casey, Cucapa, Pólvora, Hechicera, Burdick, Volcano, Bataques, Tecolotes, Paredones, Cuervos, Dieguinos, Algodones, to later interconnect with Yuma.