Downey, California
Downey, California City of Downey The Downey City Hall in 2006 The Downey City Hall in 2006 Flag of Downey, California Flag Official seal of Downey, California Location of Downey in Los Angeles County, California Location of Downey in Los Angeles County, California Downey, California is positioned in the US Downey, California - Downey, California Downey Downey is a town/city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, 21 km (13 mi) southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
3.3 Latinos in Downey 8 Downey Farmers' Market 10 Downey in the News Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in Alta California, the region that now comprises Downey was inhabited by the Tongva ethnic group, which came to be called the Gabrielino by the Spanish.
The nearest Tongva settlements appear to have been just north and northeast of present-day Downey, although there is difficulty in locating them very precisely. The villages of Naxaaw'nga and Sehat seem to have been situated near the present-day improve of Los Nietos, or perhaps farther west on sites that were lost to floods of the San Gabriel River.
Chokiishnga and Huutnga are other Tongva place names that may have referred to villages in the general region north of Downey between the San Gabriel River and Rio Hondo. In all four cases, it is difficult to relate the initial locale descriptions, based on ranchos and territory grants, to more specific sites identifiable by today's landmarks.
At approximately 21,000 acres (8,500 ha; 85 km2), Santa Gertrudes was itself a sizeable rancho and contained the old Nietos homestead, which was a center of civil life east of the pueblo of Los Angeles. After the Mexican American War concluded in 1848, many of the Californio ranchos were obtained by well-to-do Anglo-Americans who were immigrating west under the United States manifest destiny doctrine, and marrying into established Californio Spanish families.
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Dairy was a primary industry in Downey.
Some of Downey's pioneer came from Ireland. Downey was established by and titled for the former and youngest ever governor of California, John Gately Downey, who was born in Ireland.
Downey was convinced that oranges would flourish in Southern California, so he imported a several varieties, and therefore set in motion what became one of the state's biggest cash crops. In conjunction with the assembly of the Tehachapi Loop, the Southern Pacific Railroad appeared in 1873. Workers in Downey building Vultee Vengeance bombers for the Royal Air Force in 1943. Farmers in the region interval grain, corn, castor beans and fruit, and by 1935 Downey was characterized as an "orange-grove town". Downey was incorporated in 1956, and instituted a charter form of government in 1964.
Vultee Aircraft was Downey's biggest employer amid World War II, producing 15% of all of America's military airplane by 1941. The business was a pioneer in the use of women in manufacturing positions, and was the first airplane business to build aircraft s on a powered assembly line. Vultee became a part of North American Aviation, (later North American Rockwell, then Rockwell International which was then bought by the Boeing company) whose facilities were the place of birth of the systems for the Apollo Space Program as well as the Space Shuttle.
For over 70 years, Downey's Rockwell NASA plant produced and tested many of the 20th century's greatest aviation, missile, and space endeavors.
But, by the post-Cold War 1990s, Downey was brutally hit by cutbacks in the defense budget.
Rockwell International, who once had over 30,000 employees, had less than 5,000 in 1992. The seventy-year history of aircraft and space vehicle manufacturing in Downey came to an end when the Rockwell plant closed in 1999.
The former North American Rockwell plant was demolished, and the site now features the Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey Landing shopping center, a Kaiser Permanente hospital, a town/city recreation fields park, and the former movie studio site of Downey Studios.
Near the center of the town/city lies what was the 1960s the busiest intersections in California, the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard (State Route 19) and Firestone Boulevard (former State Route 42).
In the 1960s the town's Downey Records accomplished some notoriety with recordings such as The Chantays' surfing instrumental "Pipeline"; nearly two decades later, Downey small-town music scene led to the beginning of The Blasters and Dark Angel.
Downey is home to Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, which is the chief enhance rehabilitation hospital for Los Angeles County.
Downey was featured in the 2008 American action comedy film Pineapple Express.
Location of Downey, California Downey is positioned at 33 56 17 N 118 7 51 W (33.938164, -118.130801). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.6 square miles (33 km2).
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Downey has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Downey had a populace of 111,772.
The ethnic makeup of Downey was 63,255 (56.6%) White (17.7% Non-Hispanic White), 7,804 (7.0%) Asian (2.2% Korean, 2.2% Filipino, 0.6% Indian, 0.5% Chinese, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.3% Japanese, 0.2% Thai, 0.1% Cambodian, 0.1% Pakistani), 4,329 (3.9%) African American, 820 (0.7%) Native American, 221 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 30,797 (27.6%) from other competitions, and 4,546 (4.1%) from two or more competitions.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 78,996 persons (70.7%); 54.0% of Downey inhabitants are of Mexican ancestry, 3.9% Salvadoran, 2.0% Cuban, 2.0% Guatemalan, 1.1% Peruvian, and 1.0% Nicaraguan ancestry..
The populace was spread out with 29,972 citizens (26.8%) under the age of 18, 12,108 citizens (10.8%) aged 18 to 24, 33,056 citizens (29.6%) aged 25 to 44, 25,057 citizens (22.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,579 citizens (10.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Downey had a median homehold income of $60,939, with 11.8% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. Homes in Downey As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 107,323 citizens , 33,989 homeholds, and 26,001 families residing in the city.
Starting in the late 1980s, Downey has turn into a famous Latino majority improve in Southern California, and the majority of inhabitants moved in were middle or upper-middle class, and second and third generation Mexican-Americans.
Downey has the second highest percentage of Cubans and Cuban Americans in the Western United States at 1.96% of the population. There is also a Puerto Rican improve in Downey, about 2.5% of the town/city population as of 2016. In the California State Legislature, Downey is in the 32nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Tony Mendoza, and in the 58th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Cristina Garcia. In the United States House of Representatives, Downey is in California's 40th congressional district, represented by Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard. The United States Postal Service operates the Downey Post Office at 8111 Firestone Boulevard, the North Downey Post Office at 10409 Lakewood Boulevard, and the South Downey Post Office at 7911 Imperial Highway. 3 Downey Unified School District 1,851 5 PIH Health Hospital - Downey 955 Oldest operating Mc - Donald's restaurant on Lakewood and Florence in Downey, California.
In January 2007, the lessees of Johnie's started to illegally tear it down. The destruction of the building was halted, with extreme damage to the building, though the sign is intact. Tenants made momentous alterations to the dining room without permits, and the City of Downey had to copy a several stop work orders and citations. Glen Bell opened the first Taco Bell restaurant on March 21, 1962, in Downey.
On September 23, 2014, Dunkin' Donuts opened a restaurant on Firestone Boulevard in Downey. This locale was only the second Dunkin' Donuts to open in the Los Angeles area, and was the first Dunkin' in all of Southern California to include a drive-thru window.
The Downtown Downey Farmers' Market was allowed by the Downey City Council in 2008.
In 2001 the City of Downey granted "Iglesia de Cristo Ministerios Llamada Final" the rights to purchase the Boeing North American Fitness Center. The new buildings instead of in 2008 are the command posts for the ministry, housing its distribution center for it music, publications, and apparel, along with the offices of "Alabanzas Llamada Final", a record label.
Downey in the News In the early 1960s it was widely reported that the Downey City Library had banned all of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" books because Tarzan wasn't married to Jane when they conceived Boy.
In May 8, 1970, the prominent Los Angeles Times columnist Jack Smith wrote "Downey Sends L.A.
Back to the Bush League," in which he stated, "Wasn't it Downey, a several years ago, that tried to get the Tarzan books out of the town library on the grounds that Tarzan and Jane were living together but weren't married? Ray Loynd's September 8, 1971 Los Angeles Times article, "Stage Review: Downey Guild Offers 'Evening of Theater'" (see p.
H9) called Downey "a improve that is capable of banning Tarzan from the enhance library." According to "Zane Grey Also Safe: Tarzan's Marital Status No Issue as Downey School Ban Is Denied," an article from the Los Angeles Times that appeared on pages B1 and B11 on Dec.
28, 1961, a rumor spread that one of the Downey elementary schools had removed Edgar Rice Burroughs and Zane Grey books from its library because "1 There was no indication that Tarzan and his mate, Jane, were ever married before they took up homekeeping in the treetops," and "2 Grey was known to put such expletives as 'damn!' In a later article, ("Downey Furor Result: Schools Take Over Control of Libraries.
B1) the Times explained that the Superintendent of the Downey Unified School District heard this rumor and investigated the situation to find out what happened.
While reports of robberies, aggravated assaults and petty thefts in Downey dropped in 2008, auto thefts reached a 10-year high.
Today there is still gang activeness going in the south region of Downey.
In response, Downey formed GOOD (Gangs Out Of Downey), a community-based organization that helps encourage young citizens between the ages of 10-20 to stay away from gangs.
The town/city can be conveniently reached by any of four freeways: Interstate 105 with its Metro rail line passes through the southern part of the city, Interstate 5 passes through the northern part, Interstate 605 passes along the easterly side, and Interstate 710 passes just west of the city.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) provides bus services to the city, and is served by the Lakewood Boulevard station of the Green Line (Los Angeles Metro).
Most of Downey is inside the Downey Unified School District.
Downey's two chief enhance high schools are titled for Governor John G.
Downey has three enhance high schools: Downey, Warren, and Columbus.
The Downey City Library serves the city.
The first library in Downey was established in 1901 by a women's civil club that was established in 1898.
The County of Los Angeles Public Library opened a branch in Downey in September 1915.
In 1958 the Downey City Council voted to establish its own library and withdraw from the county system.
The town/city library opened in the former cafeteria of the former Downey Elementary School, then being used as the town/city hall and police station, on July 1, 1958.
In addition the command posts of the County of Los Angeles Public Library are positioned in Downey. Downey is sister metros/cities with Guadalajara, Mexico, San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico; Ensenada, Mexico; Fresnillo, Mexico, and Alajuela, Costa Rica. The Carpenters (singer-musicians Karen and Richard) moved to Downey in 1963, originally to an apartment complex called the Shoji on 12020 Downey Ave, later moving to a home that still stands on Newville Avenue which can be seen on the cover of their album, Now & Then; after the duo's success, they assembled two apartment buildings still positioned on 5th St.
Mc - Donald, Los Angeles City Council member, 1941 43, Downey civic prestige Ron Mc - Govney, initial Metallica bassist, spent school years in Downey Bob Meusel, baseball star for New York Yankees who played with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, lived and died in Downey Wayne Rainey, former American Grand Prix motorcycle racer, was born in Downey champion and Olympian, interval up in Downey Joan Weston, queen of Roller Derby, interval up in Downey "Weird Al" Yankovic, musician and parody artist, was born in Downey "California Cities by Incorporation Date".
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"Downey to jubilate 50 years of town/city sisterhood with Guadalajara".
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