Leona Valley, California
| Leona Valley | |
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| census-designated place | |
 Location within Los Angeles county |
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 Leona Valley
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| Coordinates: 34°37′6″N 118°17′14″W / 34.61833°N 118.28722°WCoordinates: 34°37′6″N 118°17′14″W / 34.61833°N 118.28722°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County |
 Los Angeles
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| Area | |
| • Total | 18.578 sq mi (48.117 km2) |
| • Land | 18.551 sq mi (48.046 km2) |
| • Water | 0.027 sq mi (0.071 km2) 0.15% |
| Elevation | 3,491 ft (1,064 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,607 |
| • Density | 87/sq mi (33/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 93551 |
| Area code(s) | 661 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2583056 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leona Valley, California | |
Leona Valley is a census-designated place located in the geographic Leona Valley of northern Los Angeles County, California, in the transition between the Sierra Pelona Mountains and Mojave Desert, just west of Palmdale and the Antelope Valley. The population was 1,607 at the 2010 census.
Leona Valley is best known for its agriculture, particularly cherries and wine grapes. The town of Leona Valley holds its annual Leona Valley Cherry Festival in honor of its agricultural heritage.
Leona Valley is located about 10 miles (20 km) west of the Palmdale Civic Center in Southern California. Leona Valley town is located in its namesake, Leona Valley. This valley is a long narrow valley separated from the Antelope Valley by the San Andreas fault ridge, known as Ritter Ridge, so named after one of the settlers from Nebraska in the 1880s. The valley is about a mile wide and 25 miles (40 km) in length. The geographic Leona Valley is also home to the towns of Lake Hughes and Lake Elizabeth.
The ZIP Code is 93551 and the community is inside area code 661.
Leona Valley's post colonial history can be best described as land abundant with cattle ranches. In the late 18th century, after the loss of the Tataviam Native Americans – the area's original inhabitants – to Indian Reductions as Mission Indians at the Mission San Fernando immigrants from Spain and Mexico quickly established themselves. The majority of the immigrants were primarily interested in the land in order to establish cattle ranches. During the 1880s, the ranches were broken up into smaller homesteads by farmers from Germany, France and the state of Nebraska. The Ritter family started one of the first wineries in this country in Leona Valley which was later shut down by the U.S. Prohibition period in the early 20th century.
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