El Segundo, California
| El Segundo, California | |||
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| City of El Segundo | |||
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 Location of El Segundo in Los Angeles County, California |
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 El Segundo, California
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| Coordinates: 33°55′17″N 118°24′22″W / 33.92139°N 118.40611°WCoordinates: 33°55′17″N 118°24′22″W / 33.92139°N 118.40611°W | |||
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 United States |
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 California
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 Los Angeles
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| Incorporated | January 18, 1917 | ||
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Mayor Suzanne Fuentes Mayor Pro Tem Drew Boyles Carol Pirsztuk Don Brann Michael Dugan |
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| • City clerk | Tracy Sherrill Weaver | ||
| • City treasurer | Crista Binder | ||
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| • Total | 5.465 sq mi (14.152 km2) | ||
| • Land | 5.463 sq mi (14.148 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.002 sq mi (0.004 km2) 0.03% | ||
| Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 16,654 | ||
| • Estimate (2013) | 16,924 | ||
| • Density | 3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | ||
| ZIP code | 90245 | ||
| Area codes | 310/424 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-22412 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660605, 2410417 | ||
| Website | www |
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El Segundo is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. El Segundo, from Spanish, means The Second in English. Located on the Santa Monica Bay, it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. The population was 16,654 at the 2010 census, up from 16,033 at the 2000 census.
The El Segundo and Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva (or Gabrieleños) and Chumash Native American tribes hundreds of years ago. The area was once a part of Rancho Sausal Redondo ("Round Willow Patch Ranch"). Rancho Sausal Redondo extended from Playa Del Rey in the North to Redondo Beach in the South. Originally a Mexican land grant owned by Antonio Ygnacio Avila, the rancho was later purchased by a Scottish baronet named Sir Robert Burnett. After his return to Scotland, the property was purchased by then current manager of the rancho, Daniel Freeman. Daniel Freeman sold portions of the rancho to multiple owners. George H. Peck owned the 840 acres (3.4 km2) of land the Chevron Refinery now sits on. Peck also developed land in neighboring El Porto where a street still bears his name. The city earned its name ("the second" in Spanish) as it was the site of the second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast (the first was at Richmond in Northern California), when Standard Oil of California purchased the 840 acres (3.4 km2) of farm land in 1911.
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