Monrovia (California)
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Location in California
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | December 15, 1887 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Los Angeles County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 9 ′ N , 118 ° 0 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 36,929 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,037.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 35.8 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 35.6 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 174 m | ||
| Postal code : | 91016 | ||
| Area code : | +1 626 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-48648 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1661049 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.monrovia.ca.us | ||
| Mayor : | Rob Hammond | ||
 Monrovia Train Station |
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Monrovia is a city in Los Angeles County in the US state of California , United States with 38,200 inhabitants (as of 2004 ). The city lies at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains . It's also a popular filming location.
history
Monrovia is the fourth oldest city in Los Angeles County after Los Angeles , Santa Monica, and Pasadena . The city was entered in the register in 1887.
500 BC Chr. Founded Tongva -Indianer settlements in the San Gabriel Valley . In 1769, when California was under Spanish rule, the first Europeans came to the San Gabriel Valley. In 1771 the Franciscan order founded the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel there , which brought agriculture to the Tongva Indians. After the Mexican Revolution of 1839, the mission countries were nationalized.
The expansion of the Santa Fe Railway and the Southern Pacific Railway to Southern California opened up new investment opportunities there.
The Monrovia News first appeared in 1903 . In the same year the Pacific Electric Railway to Los Angeles was opened.
The Upton Sinclair House , the writer Upton Sinclair lived from 1942 to 1966, is a National Historic Landmark (house privately owned).
sons and daughters of the town
- Ron Brown , film actor
- Velma Dunn (1918-2007), water diver
- Jason Earles (born 1977), film actor
- Harlan Ross Feltus (1939–2003), artist, designer and photographer
- Mary Ford (1924–1977), singer and guitarist
- Richard Mountjoy (1932-2015), politician
- Ashley Nick (* 1987), soccer player
- Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), writer
- Jacob Smith (born 1990), film actor
schools
The first school in Monrovia was built in 1887.
Today's schools in Monrovia are:
- Bradoaks Elementary School
- Calvary Road Baptist Academy
- Canyon Early Learning Center
- Canyon Oaks High School
- Church of Nazadent
- Clifton Middle School
- First Lutheran School
- First Presbyterian Church Preschool
- Immaculate Conception School
- Mayflower Elementary School
- Monroe Elementary School
- Monrovia Community Adult School
- Monrovia High School
- Monrovia Mountain School
- Mt. Sierra College Trade College
- Plymouth Elementary
- Santa Fe Middle School
- Serendipity Early Care and Education Center
- Wild Rose Elementary
- Vista Ridge Academy
media
- Pasadena Star News
- Mountain Views Newspaper
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune
- Monrovia Weekly
- KGEM-TV
