Norwalk (California)

Norwalk
	; Norwalk City Hall
Location in California
	Norwalk
	Norwalk
Basic data
Foundation :	1957
State :	United States
State :	California
County :	Los Angeles County
Coordinates :	33 ° 55 ′ N , 118 ° 5 ′ W Coordinates: 33 ° 55 ′ N , 118 ° 5 ′ W
Time zone :	Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents :	107.096 (as of 2014)
Population density :	4,425.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	24.2 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of; which 24.2 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	28 m
Postcodes :	90650-90652, 90659
Area code :	+1 562
FIPS :	06-52526
GNIS ID :	1661123
Website :	www.ci.norwalk.ca.us
Mayor :	Mike Mendez (2016-2017)

Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County in the US state of California in the United States . It is located about 25 kilometers southeast of Los Angeles and belongs to the Greater Los Angeles Area .

history

A Norwalk Grammar School student photo in 1890-1900 in Norwalk

The first inhabitants of the Norwalk area were Shoshone . During the Spanish colonial rule, the Mexican soldier Manuel Nieto was given around 680 km² of land ( Rancho in Spanish ) for his cattle breeding in 1784 , on which today's Norwalk is located.

After the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, the land was partitioned and put up for sale when California became a part of the United States. The Sproul brothers from Oregon acquired 463 acres (1.87 km²) in Corazon de los Valles in 1869 at a price of 11 US dollars per acre (about 53,000 US dollars / km² based on today's purchasing power).

For the construction of a railway line in 1873, the Sprouls made part of their land available on the condition that a passenger stop would be established. The "North-walk" was registered in 1874 as a Norwalk.

At the turn of the century, Norwalk was a center of the dairy industry: most of the 50 local families from the 1900 census were in agriculture ( sugar beet ) or in the dairy industry. In the early 20th century, many Dutch dairy farmers settled in Norwalk. In the second half of the 20th century, the number of Hispanics grew .

In 1957, Norwalk received city rights (Incorporation).

Plane crash

In February 1958 two military aircraft, a Douglas C-118 military transport and a Lockheed P-02 bomber of the US Navy collided over Norwalk at night . 47 soldiers died as well as a 23-year-old woman on the ground who was hit by falling wreckage. At the site of the accident, Firestone Boulevard and Pioneer Boulevard, a plaque commemorates the disaster.

traffic

Norwalk is the terminus of the Green Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail . The city is also served by suburban trains of the Metrolink Los Angeles on the 91 / Perris Valley Line and the Orange County Line . Three freeways run through the city, including Interstate 105 (California) .