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Whittier (/ w ti r/) is a town/city in Southern California positioned inside Los Angeles County, California.
Whittier was incorporated in February 1898 and became a charter town/city in 1955. The town/city is titled for the poet John Greenleaf Whittier and is home to Whittier College.
1.2 Quaker history in Whittier 1.4 Whittier Narrows earthquake 12.3 John Greenleaf Whittier's dedication poem Whittier's roots can be traced to Spanish soldier Manuel Nieto. In 1784, Nieto received a Spanish territory grant of 300,000 acres (1,200 km2), Rancho Los Nietos, as a reward for his military service and to encourage settlement in California. The region of Nieto's territory grant was reduced in 1790 as the result of a dispute with Mission San Gabriel.
Nonetheless, Nieto still had claim to 167,000 acres (680 km2) stretching from the hills north of Whittier, Fullerton and Brea, south to the Pacific Ocean, and from what is known today as the Los Angeles River east to the Santa Ana River.
Nieto assembled a rancho for his family near Whittier, and purchased cattle and horses for his ranch and also planted cornfields.
At the time of the Mexican-American War, much of the territory that would turn into Whittier was owned by Pio Pico, a rancher and the last Mexican governor of Alta California Territory. Pio Pico assembled a hacienda here on the San Gabriel River, known today as Pio Pico State Historic Park. Following the Mexican American War, German immigrant Jacob F.
Later, walnut trees were also planted, and Whittier became the biggest walnut grower in the United States. In addition to walnuts and citrus, Whittier was also a primary producer of pampas grass.
For many years, the sole means of transport from this region to Los Angeles was on foot, or via horse and wagon over rough dirt roads, impeding settlement, development, and the export of agriculture. Thus in 1887 "enterprising and aggressive businessmen" contracted with the Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first barns spur to Whittier, including a depot. The businessmen veiled the $43,000 assembly cost for the six-mile spur, which branched off from the Southern Pacific mainline at a junction near what is now Studebaker Road between Firestone Boulevard and Imperial Highway. By 1906, 650 carloads of oranges and 250 carloads of lemons were shipped annually by rail.
In 1904, the Pacific Electric opened the street car line known as "Big Red Cars" from Los Angeles to Whittier.
In the first two decades, over a million passengers a year rode to and from Los Angeles on the Whittier line. Groves of walnuts were planted in 1887 and eventually Whittier was known as the major walnut burgeoning town in the United States. After World War II Whittier interval quickly and the sub-dividing of orange groves began, driven by housing shortages in southern California.
The town/city continued to expanded as the City took in portions of Whittier Boulevard and East Whittier.
In the beginning days of Whittier, when it was a small isolated town, Jonathan Bailey and his wife, Rebecca, were among the first residents.
As the town/city grew, the people titled it after John Greenleaf Whittier, a respected Quaker poet, and deeded a lot to him.
Whittier wrote a dedication poem, and is honored today with statues and a small exhibit at the Whittier exhibition; a statue of him sits in Whittier's Central Park, and another representing his poem The Barefoot Boy used to reside by the City Hall.
Whittier never set foot there, but the town/city still bears his name and is rooted in the Quaker tradition. The present meeting home, dedicated in 1975, features many architectural elements and materials from the 1917 building including the stained glass windows and mahogany interior. The Quakers also established Whittier Academy (later Whittier College), and additional meetings met in East Whittier and at Whittier College's Mendenhall.
Both the Mendenhall meeting and the East Whittier meeting kept the silent meeting longer than the chief church.
Progress on developing a college was sporadic, but on July 30, 1896 the Whittier Academy, operating since 1891, officially changed its name to Whittier College with 100 students enrolled.
By 1906, Whittier College was an educational institution with laboratories, boarding halls, a large gymnasium and athletic fields.
The Mendenhall Building at Whittier College was donated by Leona May Mendenhall with respect to her husband Oscar.
The Mendenhalls were among the beginning families of Whittier.
Whittier was the first home to Azusa Pacific University, established on March 3, 1899, by the Quaker improve and a Methodist evangelist under the name Training School for Christian Workers. Whittier Narrows earthquake On October 1, 1987, at 7:42 a.m., the Whittier Narrows earthquake struck, the epicenter six miles (10 km) north by northwest of Whittier.
The seismic event, which registered 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale, resulted in eight casualties and massive damage to uptown Whittier's historic buildings.
In the years following the earthquake, the city's deteriorating uptown company district, which suffered substantial damage in the earthquake, became the focus of renewed development, which met with opposition from many Whittier people.
Out of the rubble of the earthquake the Whittier Conservancy was formed in 1987 in an accomplishment to stop the demolition of many historic buildings and residences after the disaster.
The town/city also created a Historic Resources Commission to oversee the approval of historic designations, historic districts and Mills Act proposals.
The Whittier Narrows earthquake also finished The Quad at Whittier, a shopping mall which had to be rebuilt.
Whittier is positioned at 33 57 56 N 118 1 28 W (33.5756, -118.128). Whittier is bordered by the improve of Hacienda Heights to the northeast, City of Industry to the north, and a several other unincorporated communities in the San Gabriel Valley mostly along its northern sections.
Whittier is situated approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) inland of the Pacific Ocean, resulting in higher daytime temperatures, and since it lies at a higher elevations than the metros/cities further west, cold air drains into lower altitude of the Los Angeles Basin which results in warmer evening-time lows, producing an example of thermal inversion.
The region centered around Philadelphia Street and Greenleaf Avenue is known as Uptown Whittier and contains the traditional central company core.
Just north of Uptown Whittier are the neighborhoods known as Central Park and Hadley-Greenleaf.
They have been designated historic districts by the town/city Historic Resources Commission, and together comprise most of the region of the Whittier Historic Neighborhood Association.
The region surrounding Whittier College is known as College Hills and was also recently designated a historic district, as has a small cluster of homes along Earlham Drive.
The region east of College Avenue is referred to as East Whittier.
East Whittier was a separate agricultural improve until the postwar era.
The easterly parts of East Whittier, advanced in the 1950s and '60s, are Friendly Hills, which was advanced at the same time as Murphy Ranch and Leffingwell Ranch.
Friendly Hills and Murphy Ranch are generally thought of as north of Whittier Boulevard, while Leffingwell Ranch is south of the boulevard.
The region at the extreme east of Whittier is occasionally referred to as Sunglow.
Additionally, motorists can turn right onto Hacienda for more winding and hilly roads, coming out on Whittier Blvd.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Whittier had a populace of 85,331.
The ethnic makeup of Whittier was 55,117 (64.6%) White (28.3% Non-Hispanic White, 36.3% White Hispanic), 1,092 (1.3%) African American, 1,093 (1.3%) Native American, 3,262 (3.8%) Asian, 123 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 20,848 (24.4%) from other competitions, and 3,796 (4.4%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 21,686 citizens (25.4%) under the age of 18, 9,198 citizens (10.8%) aged 18 to 24, 23,627 citizens (27.7%) aged 25 to 44, 20,819 citizens (24.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 10,001 citizens (11.7%) who were 65 years of age or older.
During 2009 2013, Whittier had a median homehold income of $68,522, with 12.4% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. In the California State Legislature, Whittier is in the 32nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Tony Mendoza, and in the 57th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Ian Calderon. In the United States House of Representatives, Whittier is in California's 38th congressional district, represented by Democrat Linda Sanchez. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Whittier Health Center in Whittier. Whittier's Redevelopment Agency has various projects underway to revitalize the community.
In addition, the agency is working on developing a 480-acre (1.9 km2) universal region near Whittier Blvd.
The small-town journal is the Whittier Daily News.
Other region papers include the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the parent paper of the Whittier Daily News, the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register.
2 Whittier Union High School District 950 3 Whittier Hospital Medical Center 850 4 Whittier City School District 720 5 City of Whittier 621 9 East Whittier City School District 270 Foothill Transit line 285 travels through Whittier on Whittier Boulevard and Colima Road between La Habra and Hacienda Heights.
Montebello Transit Line 10 originates at Whittwood Mall, then proceeds west to Montebello and the Atlantic Gold Line station via Whittier Boulevard.
Montebello 50 travels through Whittier between La Mirada and Downtown Los Angeles.
Metro Bus line 270 runs through North, Uptown and West Whittier on its way between Monrovia and the Norwalk Green Line station.
The Sunshine Shuttle is a circular serving Whittier and the unincorporated communities of South and West Whittier State Route 72 runs via Whittier Boulevard and forms part of El Camino Real.
Other primary streets in Whittier include Beverly Boulevard, Colima Road, Greenleaf Avenue, Lambert Road, Mar Vista Street, Mills Avenue, Norwalk Boulevard, Painter Avenue, Philadelphia Street and Washington Boulevard.
The Whittier Police Department provides patrol service to the communities of Whittier and Santa Fe Springs.
This permits continuous support to patrol and investigational activities. The Whittier Police force had gone from 1979 until February 20, 2017 before having another officer, Keith Boyer, killed in the line of duty.
Boyer was a veteran of more than 25 years serving the town/city of Whittier.
Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 28 (Engine, Quint, Paramedic Squad, Mobile Aid, and the Battalion Chief), Station 17 (Engine), Station 59 (Engine and EST) serve the improve of Whittier.
On April 17, 1900, the Whittier Public Library Board of Trustees held its first meeting in Landrum Smith's drugstore.
The town/city of Whittier is served by the Whittier Union High School District, East Whittier City School District, Whittier City School District, Lowell Joint School District and the Fullerton Joint Union High School District. Five high schools, California High School, La Serna High School, Pioneer High School, Santa Fe High School, and Whittier High School comprise the Whittier Union High School District.
There is one alternative continuation high school Frontier High School and a homeschooling hq, Sierra Vista High School.
Although they still have Whittier postal addresses, both California High School and Pioneer High School lie outside the town/city limits in unincorporated Los Angeles County.
Adults may attend the Whittier Adult School, which belongs to the Whittier Union High School District.
Mary of the Assumption School) being one of the biggest Catholic elementary schools in Los Angeles County.
Whittier Christian School, a ministry of Calvary Baptist Church, Association of Christian Schools International serves the Whittier community.
Higher education establishments in the region include Rio Hondo College, which lies just outside the city, Southern California University of Health Sciences, and historic Whittier College.
Opened in 1891 before Whittier was incorporated, Nelles was the longest-running state school for juvenile offenders in California and has been declared a California State Historical Landmark.
Much of Whittier is assembled out so the 74 acres (30 ha) site brings a unique chance for expansion in the city.
California State Reform School at Whittier, ca.1901 (CHS-1157) National Bank of Whittier Building Whittier Village Clock Whittier Village Cinemas Whittier is home to the following California Historical Landmarks Whittier Museum - 6755 Newlin Ave, Whittier 90601.
Whittier is the home to the following places listed in the National Register of Historic Places: National Bank of Whittier Building, 13002 E.
In Uptown Whittier and funeral home scene was filmed at The Good Shepherd Family Bible Church, athwart the street from the postal service on Bailey St.
Whittier High School was used as the setting for Hill Valley High School.
Parts were filmed in Uptown Whittier and East Whittier Middle School.
Parts were filmed in uptown Whittier.
The parade scene in the last episode was filmed in uptown Whittier.
The Next Best Thing - Film starring Madonna and Rupert Everett was filmed in the Whittier Hills.
Bringing Down the House - Film starring Queen Latifah and Steve Martin was filmed at the Friendly Hills Country Club, in East Whittier.
Various parts were shot in Whittier including in Rose Hills Memorial Park.
In uptown Whittier.
Scenes at the beginning, of Walter and Gary's hometown, were shot in residentiary region of historic Uptown Whittier.
John Greenleaf Whittier's dedication poem Although John Greenleaf Whittier never visited the city, he did write a poem with respect to it: Main article: List of citizens from Whittier, California Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States, wife of Richard Nixon, whom she met while teaching English at Whittier High School Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, attended and played football at Whittier High School and Whittier College; Whittier was his childhood home, and he is buried in Yorba Linda, California in close-by Orange County, where he was born Alaska Whittier, Alaska South Whittier, California (an unincorporated region south of the town/city limits) 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake List of citizens from Whittier, California a b c d "Whittier (city) Quick - Facts".
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Whittier Museum.
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Whittier Friends Church: Eighty-Eight Years of Service.
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Whittier city".
"Whittier Health Center." City of Whittier CAFR Whittier Daily News.
Whittier Christian School Mejia, Brittny (November 2, 2014) "Whittier sees hope in plan to transform historic Nelles property" Los Angeles Times Whittier Historical Society & Museum.
"Whittier California Profile and Resource Guide, City or improve of Whittier, California Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, Advertising".
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