Monrovia, California
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I-210 in Monrovia with San Gabriel Mountains in the background.
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 Location of Monrovia in Los Angeles County, California. |
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 Monrovia, California
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| Coordinates: 34°8′45.28″N 118°0′3.42″W / 34.1459111°N 118.0009500°WCoordinates: 34°8′45.28″N 118°0′3.42″W / 34.1459111°N 118.0009500°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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 Los Angeles
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| Incorporated | December 15, 1887 | |
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Mayor Tom Adams Mayor Pro Tem Larry J. Spicer Alexander C. Blackburn Gloria Crudgington Becky A. Shevlin |
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| • City Treasurer | Stephen Baker | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 13.714 sq mi (35.519 km2) | |
| • Land | 13.605 sq mi (35.237 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.109 sq mi (0.282 km2) 0.79% | |
| Elevation | 571 ft (174 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • Total | 36,590 | |
| • Estimate (2013) | 37,101 | |
| • Density | 2,700/sq mi (1,000/km2) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP codes | 91016, 91017 | |
| Area code | 626 | |
| FIPS code | 06-48648 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1661049 | |
| Website | www |
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Monrovia is a city located in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 36,590 at the 2010 census, down from 36,929 in 2000. Monrovia has been used for filming TV shows, movies and commercials.
Monrovia is the fourth oldest general law city in Los Angeles County and the L.A. Basin (after Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Pasadena). Incorporated in 1887, Monrovia has grown from a sparse community of orange ranches to a residential community of 37,000.
Around 500 BC, a band of Shoshonean-speaking Indians named the Tongva established settlements in what is now the San Gabriel Valley. They were called the Gabrieliño Indians by early Spanish missionaries, a tribe of Mission Indians. The Tongva were not farmers; they gathered wild seeds, berries, and plants along rivers and in marshlands. Abundant oaks in the Valley, such as Coast Live Oak and Interior Live Oak provided a staple of the Tongva diet: acorn mush made of boiled acorn flour.
In 1769, the Portolà expedition was the first recorded Spanish (or any European) land entry and exploration of present-day California, then the Spanish colonial Las Californias Province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México). It had been claimed from sea by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo in 1542 for the King of Spain, Europeans first visited the San Gabriel Valley, including Monrovia. The expedition, led by Gaspar de Portolà, proceeded north from San Diego, passing through the area en route to Monterey Bay. Accompanying Portolà was Franciscan padre Juan Crespí, famed diarist of the expedition. Much of what is known of early California is from Crespi's detailed descriptions.
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