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Eagle Rock, California

Eagle Rock, California
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
Eagle Rock as delineated by the Los Angeles Times
Eagle Rock as delineated by the Los Angeles Times
Eagle Rock, California is located in Los Angeles
Eagle Rock, California
Eagle Rock, California
Location within Central Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34°08′20″N 118°12′47″W / 34.13889°N 118.21306°W / 34.13889; -118.21306
Country  United States of America
State  California
County Los Angeles
City Los Angeles
Government
 • U.S. House Xavier Becerra (D)
Area
 • Total 11.0 km2 (4.25 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Total 34,644
 • Density 3,100/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
The Eagle Rock
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The Eagle Rock
Location Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Coordinates 34°8′36″N 118°11′1″W / 34.14333°N 118.18361°W / 34.14333; -118.18361
Area Northeast Los Angeles
Designated November 16, 1962
Reference no. 10

Coordinates: 34°08′20″N 118°12′47″W / 34.13889°N 118.21306°W / 34.13889; -118.21306

Eagle Rock is a neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles in the San Rafael Hills, Los Angeles County, California.

Eagle Rock is named after a large rock outcropping, resembling an eagle with its wings outstretched. The land was part of the Rancho San Rafael under Spanish and Mexican governorship. It was divided into parcels in 1870. It became a city in 1911 and joined Los Angeles in 1923.

Today it is an ethnically diverse, relatively high-income neighborhood known for being the home of Occidental College and for a counterculture element among its 34,000+ people. Eagle Rock maintains a number of historically significant buildings and has a connection with the motion picture industry.

There are nine public schools—including two high schools—and six private schools, as well as a branch public library.

A massive boulder at the district's northern edge contains an indentation which casts a bird-shaped shadow on the rock at certain times of day, giving the neighborhood its name.

Before the arrival of European settlers, the secluded valley below the San Rafael Hills that is roughly congruent to Eagle Rock's present boundaries was inhabited by the Tongva people, whose staple food was the acorns from the valley's many oak trees. These aboriginal inhabitants were displaced by Spanish settlers in the late 18th century, with the area incorporated into the Rancho San Rafael. Following court battles, the area known as Rancho San Rafael was divided into 31 parcels in 1870. Benjamin Dreyfus was awarded what is now called Eagle Rock. In the 1880s Eagle Rock existed as a farming community.


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