Topanga

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Topanga
View over the Topanga Canyon
View over the Topanga Canyon
Location in Los Angeles County
LA County Incorporated Areas Topanga highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : California
County : Los Angeles County
Coordinates : 34 ° 6 ′  N , 118 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 6 ′  N , 118 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 8,289 (as of 2010)
Population density : 165.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 50 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of
which 50 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 428 m
Postal code : 90290
Area code : +1 310, 818
FIPS : 06-78960
GNIS ID : 2583164
Website : www.topangaonline.com

Topanga is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County . It's in the Santa Monica Mountains . The population is around 12,000, the area around 52 km². The area borders the Pacific to the south, Malibu to the west, and Pacific Palisades to the east . Topanga essentially consists of Topanga Canyon on Topanga Creek , which flows into Santa Monica Bay and is one of the few undammed rivers in the region.

history

The area was given the name Topanga by the Tongva Indian people, which means something about a place above . Topanga's first settlers were the Trujillo and Cheney families. They settled Topanga for the first time in 1839. In the 1960s, many celebrities moved to Topanga, such as Neil Young , who also had his album After the Gold Rush recorded there. On July 27, 1969, Bobby Beausoleil , a member of the Manson Family, killed Topanga music teacher Gary Hinman.

The built-up area is home to the Theatricum Botanicum theater company founded by Will Geer in 1973 .

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 8,289 inhabitants were distributed over 3,442 households. The population density was 167.2 inh / km². 84.5% of the population identified themselves as whites without Hispanic ancestry, 1.4% as African American , 6.4% as Hispanics or Latinos, and 4.3% as Asians or immigrants from the Pacific Islands.

In 2010, young people under the age of 18 lived in 28.9% of all households. 63.2% of the households were family households. The average household size was 2.41 people and the average family size was 2.87 people. 44% of the population were married.

20.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 4% were 18 to 24 years old, 23.1% were 25 to 44 years old, 38.5% were 45 to 64 years old and 14.1% were at least 65 years old old.

The per capita income was $ 62,434 and the median income per household was $ 115,518. 5.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Personalities

  • Beau Garrett (* 1982 in Beverly Hills), actress and model, grew up in Topanga
  • Taylor Hawkins (* 1972 in Fort Worth), drummer, lived in Topanga
  • Colin Hay (* 1953 in Kilwinning, Scotland), singer, lives in Topanga
  • Emile Hirsch (* 1985 in Topanga Canyon), film actor
  • Bob Hite (1943–1981, born in Torrance, California), front man of the band Canned Heat , lived in Topanga
  • Uschi Obermaier (* 1946 in Munich), a former model, lives in Topanga
  • Amy Smart (* 1976 in Topanga Canyon), film actress
  • Jeffrey Stork (* 1960 in Longview, Washington), volleyball player and Olympic champion, lives in Topanga

Trivia

Topanga is said to have served the writer Robert Arthur as a model for Rocky Beach , the fictional setting of the youth novel series The Three ??? .

The Roman América by TC Boyle plays in Topanga Canyon.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Six Questions (And Then Some) For ... Nils Lofgren - Post Rock. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Earth: Gary Hinman death house (Manson murders), Santa Monica, California. In: SeanMunger.com . July 27, 2013 ( seanmunger.com [accessed February 3, 2018]).
  3. ^ Website Services & Coordination Staff: US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map. Retrieved February 3, 2018 (American English).
  4. ↑ areavibes: Topanga, CA Employment - Median Household Income, Unemployment Rate. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .