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Encyclopedia > Huntington Park, California
City of Huntington Park
Official seal of City of Huntington Park
Seal
Location of Huntington Park in California
Coordinates: 33°58′57″N, 118°13′3″W
Country United States of America
State California
County Los Angeles
Incorporated (city) 1906-09-01 [2]
Government
 - Mayor Juan R. Noguez [1]
Area
 - City  3.03 sq mi (7.85 km²)
 - Land  3.03 sq mi (7.85 km²)
 - Water  0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Population (2000)[3]
 - City 61,348
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 - Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Zip Code 90255 [4]
Area code(s) 323 [5]
Website: http://www.huntingtonpark.org/

Huntington Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 61,348. Image File history File links HPseal. ... Image File history File links Huntington_Park_in_LA_County_map. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The political units and divisions of the United States include: The 50 states, which are... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties. ... Los Angeles County is a county in California and is the most populous county in the United States. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... PST is UTC-8, highlighted in red. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Daylight saving time around the world  DST used  DST no longer used  DST never used Daylight saving time (DST), also summer time in British English, is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Mr. ... Los Angeles County is a county in California and is the most populous county in the United States. ...

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History

Named for prominent industrialist Henry Huntington, Huntington Park was incorporated in 1906 as a streetcar suburb for workers in the rapidly expanding industries to the southeast of downtown Los Angeles. (To this day, about 30% of its residents work at factories in nearby Vernon and Commerce. [1]) The stretch of Pacific Boulevard in downtown Huntington Park was a major commercial district serving the city's largely working-class residents, as well as those of neighboring cities such as Bell, Cudahy, and South Gate. As with most of the other cities along the corridor stretching along the Los Angeles River to the south and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, Huntington Park was an almost exclusively white community during most of its history; Alameda Street and Slauson Avenue, which were fiercely defended segregation lines in the 1950s, separated it from black areas. Henry Edwards Huntington (February 27, 1850 - May 23, 1927) was an American railroad pioneer and art collector. ... A streetcar suburb is a community whose growth was mostly shaped by the coming of the electric streetcar or tram. ... Location of Vernon, California Vernon is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Commerce is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Bell is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Location of Cudahy in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1960-11-10 [1] Area    - City  1. ... Location of South Gate in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1923-01-20 [2] Government  - Mayor Gregory Martinez [1] Area  - City  7. ... The Los Angeles River, highlighted in red (on the left). ... Slauson Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare for southern Los Angeles County. ...


The changes that shaped Los Angeles from the late 1970s onward--the decline of American manufacturing that began in the 1970s; the rapid growth of newer suburbs in Orange County, the eastern San Gabriel, western San Fernando and Conejo valleys; the collapse of the aerospace and defense industry at the end of the Cold War; and the implosion of the Southern California real estate boom in the early 1990s--resulted in the wholesale departure of virtually all of the white population of Huntington Park by the mid-1990s. The vacuum was filled almost entirely by two groups of Latinos: upwardly mobile families eager to leave the barrios of East Los Angeles, and recent Mexican immigrants. Today, Pacific Boulevard is once again a thriving commercial strip, serving once again as a major retail center for working-class residents of southeastern Los Angeles County--but unlike its previous heyday of the 1930s, the signs along the avenue's storefronts are all practicly in Spanish, which shows good signs of mixed races. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... San Gabriel Valley within Southern California The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. ... San Fernando Valley from southwestern edge. ... The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwestern Los Angeles County in Southern California. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... // The term Latino is a linguistic identity that refers to an individual that has significant ancestry from a nation-state where a Latin derived language is spoken or is the offical language of the government. ... East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A. or East Los or in Spanish El Este) is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...


Famous natives and residents

Lorenzo Mata (February 27, 1986 – ) is a Hispanic[1] basketball player. ... Lil Menace is a Chicano rapper from Huntington Park, California. ... Morice Fredrick Tex Winter (born February 25, 1922) is a successful basketball coach and innovator of the triangle offense. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. ... Rosario Marin Marins distinctive signature, as used on U.S. currency Rosario Marin (originally: Marín) was the 41st Treasurer of the United States from August 21, 2001 to June 30, 2003 under President George W. Bush. ...

Geography

Huntington Park is located at 33°58′57″N, 118°13′3″W (33.982364, -118.217381)GR1.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.8 km² (3.0 mi²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...


Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 61,348 people, 14,860 households, and 12,660 families residing in the city. The population density was 7,817.4/km² (20,252.4/mi²). There were 15,335 housing units at an average density of 1,954.1/km² (5,062.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 41.42% White, 0.78% Black or African American, 1.01% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 51.07% from other races, and 4.86% from two or more races. 95.58% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The Hispanic world Hispanic (Spanish: Hispano) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, its people and culture. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...


There were 14,860 households out of which 58.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.4% were married couples living together, 20.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.8% were non-families. 10.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.12 and the average family size was 4.34. “Matrimony” redirects here. ...


In the city the population was spread out with 35.8% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 13.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.3 males.


The median income for a household in the city was $28,941, and the median income for a family was $29,844. Males had a median income of $21,039 versus $16,733 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,340. About 23.3% of families and 25.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 18.7% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...


Emergency services

Fire protection in Huntington Park is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service. The Huntington Park Police Department provides law enforcement. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Habra, in Orange County. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...


Education

Huntington Park is zoned to schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The Los Angeles Unified School District (the LAUSD) is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. ...


Public elementary schools that serve the city include:

  • Hope Street Elementary School (Huntington Park) (Opened 2005 [2])
  • Huntington Park New Elementary School 7 (Opened 2006 [3])
  • Middleton Elementary School (Huntington Park) and Middleton New Primary Center (K)
  • Miles Elementary School (Huntington Park)
  • Pacific Boulevard School (Huntington Park, Opened 2005 [4])
  • San Antonio Elementary School (Huntington Park)
  • Walnut Park Elementary School (Huntington Park)
  • Huntington Park New Elementary #3 (Huntington Park, opening soon)

Public middle schools include:

  • Gage Middle School (Huntington Park)
  • Nimitz Middle School (Huntington Park)

Huntington Park High School (Huntington Park) serves the city. San Antonio Continuation School is also in Huntington Park. Some parts of Huntington Park are zoned to both Huntington Park and Bell High School. Huntington Park High School is a secondary school in Huntington Park, California, United States. ... Bell High School is a secondary school in Bell, California, United States. ...


South Region High School 7 will open in Huntington Park in 2011 [5].


In addition Pacific Boulevard Special Education Center (ungraded) is in the city.


Private schools include:

  • Church of the Nazarene School (K-6)
  • St. Matthias Elementary School (K-8)
  • California Interamerican High School (Ungraded)

References

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Huntington Park, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (559 words)
Huntington Park is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Named for prominent industrialist Henry Huntington, Huntington Park was incorporated in 1906 as a streetcar suburb for workers in the rapidly expanding industries to the southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
[1]) The stretch of Pacific Avenue in downtown Huntington Park was a major commercial district serving the city's largely working-class residents, as well as those of neighboring cities such as Bell, Cudahy, and South Gate.
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