Inglewood, California
| Inglewood, California | ||
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| City of Inglewood | ||
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| Nickname(s): "City of Champions" | ||
 Location of Inglewood in Los Angeles County, California |
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 Inglewood, California
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| Coordinates: 33°57′27″N 118°20′46″W / 33.95750°N 118.34611°WCoordinates: 33°57′27″N 118°20′46″W / 33.95750°N 118.34611°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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| County |
 Los Angeles
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| Established | 1888 | |
| Incorporated | February 7, 1908 | |
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| • Type | Council-Manager-Commission | |
| • Mayor | James T. Butts, Jr. | |
| • City Attorney | Kenneth R. Campos | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 9.093 sq mi (23.549 km2) | |
| • Land | 9.068 sq mi (23.486 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.025 sq mi (0.064 km2) 0.27% | |
| Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 109,673 | |
| • Estimate (2013) | 111,542 | |
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12th in Los Angeles County 56th in California |
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| • Density | 12,000/sq mi (4,700/km2) | |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | |
| ZIP codes | 90301–90312 | |
| Area codes | 310/424, 323 | |
| FIPS code | 06-36546 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660799, 2410106 | |
| Website | www |
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Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 109,673. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. The city is in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County.Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park is currently under construction in the city and when completed around 2019 will be the new home of both the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers.
The earliest residents of what is now Inglewood were Native Americans who used the natural springs in today's Edward Vincent Jr. Park (known for most of its history as Centinela Park). Local historian Gladys Waddingham wrote that these springs took the name Centinela from the hills that rose gradually around them and which allowed ranchers to watch over their herds "(thus the name centinelas or sentinels)".
Waddingham traced the written history of Inglewood back to the original settlers of Los Angeles in 1781, one of whom was the Spanish soldier Jose Manuel Orchado Machado, "a 23-year-old muleteer from Los Alamos in Sinaloa". These settlers, she wrote, were ordered by the officials of the San Gabriel Mission "to graze their animals on the ocean side of Los Angeles in order not to infringe on Mission lands." As a result, the settlers, or pobladores, drove some of their cattle to the "lush pasture lands near Centinela Springs," and the first construction there was done by one Ygnacio Avila, who received a permit in 1822 to build a "corral and hut for his herders."
Later Avila constructed a three-room adobe on a slight rise overlooking the creek that ran from Centinela Springs all the way to the ocean. According to the LAOkay web site, this adobe was built where the present baseball field is in the park. It no longer exists.
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