Whittier
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 Location in Los Angeles County / California
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | February 25, 1898 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Los Angeles County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 58 ′ N , 118 ° 1 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 83,680 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 2,207.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 37.9 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of which 37.9 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 112 m |
| Postcodes : | 90601-90606 |
| Area code : | +1 562, 626 |
| FIPS : | 06-85292 |
| GNIS ID : | 1652813 |
| Website : | www.cityofwhittier.org |
| Mayor : | Joe Vinatieri (2017-2018) |
Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County in the US state of California , the 2010, around 85,300 inhabitants had. The urban area has a size of 37.9 square kilometers.
Quakers were numerous among the first settlers . They named the place after the poet John Greenleaf Whittier , who also belonged to this religious community. In addition to the place name, Whittier is also a rare American female given name, the meaning of which is so far unknown.
Whittier College is located in Whittier , a private college of the liberal arts founded by the Quakers in 1887 with around 1400 students (2006). Among the Alumni include the former president of the United States Richard Nixon .
Attractions
The historic Southern Pacific Railroad Depot station building - built in 1892 - now houses a railroad museum and community center. A replica of Nixon's first law firm can be viewed in the thematically diverse Whittier Historical Museum . The original was located in the city's architecturally remarkable bank building on Philadelphia Street. In 2003 the Pio Pico State Historic Park reopened after extensive restoration. The area served the eponymous former governor Pío de Jesus Pico (1801-1894) as a ranch.
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
National Bank of Whittier Building
Pio Pico State Historic Park
Location
A number of famous feature films have been shot in Whittier. So z. B .:
- Back to the Future
- Back to the Future III
- Father of the bride 2
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Blow
- Ali
- Disturbia
Town twinning
Whittier's twin city is Changshu in the People's Republic of China.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Payton Jordan (1917–2009), track and field athlete and athletics coach
- John Gay (1924-2017), screenwriter
- Diane Wakoski (* 1937), poet and university lecturer
- Ron Shelton (* 1945), screenwriter, director and film producer
- Ken Marschall (* 1950), artist known for his Titanic paintings
- George Allen (* 1952), politician
- Jeff Linsky (* 1952), jazz guitarist
- Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953), science fiction author
- Jim Zorn (born 1953), football player and coach
- Jack Babashoff (born 1955), swimmer
- Roger Linn (* 1955), developer of electronic musical instruments
- Shirley Babashoff (born 1957), swimmer
- Tracy Grijalva (* 1959), heavy metal guitarist
- Kathy Hilton (born 1959), actress
- Eric Stoltz (* 1961), actor and director
- Matt Block (born 1966), ice hockey player
- Martika (* 1969), actually Marta Marrero, singer and actress
- Greg Hancock (* 1970), speedway driver
- Nomar Garciaparra (* 1973), American baseball player of Mexican origin
- Tina Yothers (* 1973), television actress and writer
- Ante Razov (* 1974), football player
- Fergie (* 1975), actually Stacy Ann Ferguson, singer
- Kim Rhode (* 1979), multiple Olympic champion in shooting
- Jenny Topping (* 1980), softball player
- Matt White (born 1989), ice hockey player
- Kherington Payne (* 1990), dancer and actress
- Mitch Callahan (born 1991), ice hockey player
- Taylor Gray (born 1993), actor
- Morgan Brown (* 1995), American-Filipino soccer player
- Brendon Baerg (* 1998), actor and voice actor
Personalities related to the city
- Edward Curtis (1868–1952), photographer
- Richard Nixon (1913–1994), Republican politician and 37th US President; grew up in Whittier
- Murry Wilson (1917–1973), musician, composer and record producer
- William F. House (1923–2012), medical doctor and pioneer of the cochlear implant; grew up in Whittier
- Wilton Felder (1940-2015), jazz and fusion musician and composer; lived in Whittier
- Roy W. McDiarmid (* 1940), herpetologist; grew up in Whittier
- Lupe Ontiveros (1942–2012), actress; died in Whittier
- Tom Waits (* 1949), singer, composer, actor and author; grew up in Whittier
- Mark Kostabi (* 1960), painter; grew up in Whittier
- Gabriel Iglesias (* 1976), comedian and actor; lives in Whittier
- Ian Calderon (born 1985), politician; lives in Whittier
Music bands
- Cold War Kids (founded in 2004), indie rock band
- Skeletal Remains (founded 2011), death metal band
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website Whittier - Sister City ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 1, 2017
- ↑ Jenny Topping in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
