Palos Verdes Estates, CA
| Palos Verdes Estates, California | ||
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| City of Palos Verdes Estates | ||
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 Location of Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles County, California |
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 Palos Verdes Estates, California
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| Coordinates: 33°47′13″N 118°23′48″W / 33.78694°N 118.39667°WCoordinates: 33°47′13″N 118°23′48″W / 33.78694°N 118.39667°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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 Los Angeles
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| Incorporated | December 20, 1939 | |
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| • Type | Council-manager | |
| • Mayor | James F. Goodhart | |
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| • Total | 4.774 sq mi (12.365 km2) | |
| • Land | 4.774 sq mi (12.364 km2) | |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.001 km2) 0.01% | |
| Elevation | 210 ft (64 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 13,438 | |
| • Density | 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2) | |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP code | 90274 | |
| Area codes | 310/424 | |
| FIPS code | 06-55380 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652770, 2411363 | |
| Website | www |
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Palos Verdes Estates is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The city was master-planned by the noted American landscape architect and planner Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. The city is located along the Southern California coastline of the Pacific Ocean. There are several accessible beaches although most of the predominantly rocky shoreline is marked by high cliffs. Three noteworthy Palos Verdes Estates surfriding beaches exist among the estate homes along the coastline, and include: Haggerty's (the rock beach below the Neighborhood Church of Palos Verdes, site of the former Haggerty Manor estate), the Palos Verdes Bluff Cove Beach (around the point, south of Haggerty's, which includes "indicator", "little reef", "middle", and "boneyard" surf breaks), and Lunada Bay (occasional large winter waves). Other significant features of the city are the scenic Palos Verdes Golf Club, a golf course and country club designed by George C. Thomas Jr and William "Billy" Bell in 1923, and the Palos Verdes Tennis Club. Another popular city landmark atop Palos Verdes Estates is the La Venta Inn. Built in 1923, La Venta Inn was the first known building structure on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Architects Walter and Pierpont Davis designed the building and the famous landscape architects, the Olmstead brothers, designed its gardens.
The population was 13,438 at the 2010 census, up from 13,340 in the 2000 census. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Palos Verdes Estates is the 81st richest place in the United States with at least 1,000 households (based upon per capita income). The 90274 ZIP code (covering the cities of Palos Verdes Estates and Rolling Hills) was ranked the 47th most expensive housing area among high property value U.S. ZIP codes in a 2007 study by Forbes.com. Palos Verdes is also particularly well known for its high-performing schools, with various national publications ranking the high school between 8th and 44th best in the nation in the 2000s and 2010s.
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