La Mirada, California
| La Mirada, California | ||
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| City of La Mirada | ||
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| Motto: Dedicated to Service | ||
 Location of La Mirada in Los Angeles County, California |
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 La Mirada, California
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| Coordinates: 33°54′8″N 118°0′35″W / 33.90222°N 118.00972°WCoordinates: 33°54′8″N 118°0′35″W / 33.90222°N 118.00972°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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 Los Angeles
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| Incorporated | March 23, 1960 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council–Manager | |
| • City council | Pauline Deal (mayor) Steve De Ruse Ed Eng Lawrence P. Mowles Andrew Sarega |
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| • City manager | Jeff Boynton | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7.857 sq mi (20.351 km2) | |
| • Land | 7.840 sq mi (20.306 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.017 sq mi (0.045 km2) 0.22% | |
| Elevation | 194 ft (59 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 48,527 | |
| • Estimate (2013) | 49,133 | |
| • Density | 6,200/sq mi (2,400/km2) | |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP codes | 90637–90639 | |
| Area code | 562, 657/714 | |
| FIPS code | 06-40032 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652736, 2411577 | |
| Website | www |
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La Mirada is a city in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of the Gateway Cities. The population was 48,527 at the 2010 census, up from 46,783 at the 2000 census. The city of La Mirada was listed on CNN Money Magazine's "Best Place to Live" list. La Mirada placed 34th on the list, with the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and the Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center as two of its main attributes. It is also the home of Biola University, an evangelical Christian institution of higher education.
La Mirada (Spanish for the look) was the creation of two men, Andrew McNally, a printer and mapmaker from Chicago (see Rand McNally) and his son-in-law Edwin Neff. In 1888, McNally purchased over 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) of Rancho Los Coyotes, south of Whittier, for $200,000. He developed 700 acres (2.8 km2) into his own home called Windermere Ranch and surrounded it with olive, orange and lemon groves. McNally built a plant to process the olive oil, which was of the best quality, as well as a railroad station on Stage Road. From here his olive oil and fruit were shipped all over the U.S.
In 1896, McNally turned his property over to his daughter and his son in law. McNally and Neff formed the La Mirada Land Company, which published a booklet entitled "The Country Gentleman in California", advertising parcels of land for sale including pictures, a map and descriptions of the scenic olive, alfalfa, lemon and grapefruit groves.
In 1946, "Along Your Way", a "Station by Station Description of the Santa Fe Route Through the Southwest," describes La Mirada with a population of 213, surrounded by orange, lemon, walnut and olive groves; oil wells; olive oil factory; and fruit packing houses.
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