Gardena, California

About

Gardena is a city located in the county of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California. Its population at the 2010 census was 58,829. After 10 years in 2020 city had an estimated population of 58,498 inhabitants.

The city was created 94 years ago in 1929.

Gardena is a city located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 58,829 at the 2010 census, up from 57,746 at the 2000 census. Until 2014, the US census cited the City of Gardena as the place with the highest percentage of Japanese Americans in California. Gardena is one of only two Los Angeles County cities (the other being Lynwood) that has a majority Asian population.

In English, Gardena means "garden" or "flower garden". The city's name came from Edgar Rice Burroughs' story "The Gods of Mars". In the story, he described "Gardena" as one of two green Martian cities on Barsoom (the other being Turquar).

The area was originally part of Rancho San Pedro, granted by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to Juan Jose Dominguez in 1838. The settlement was known as "Las Tres Viudas" or "The Three Widows".

Gardena was founded in 1915 by George Gill Greenhaw and Frank Stearns, who purchased 4,000 acres (16 km²) divided into 65 lots of land and formed an agricultural company called "Gillgreen" with their friend Samuel Kraemer. Greenhaw's wife Ella Mae (1901–2007) gave birth to their first child on March 7, 1916. Their second son was born on December 31, 1916.

In 1923 they sold their assets and relocated to Oregon where they began a business called "Greenhaw Farms". In 1924 they sold that business and purchased another farm in Oregon they called "Bielenberg Farms",.

It was the location of the first Japanese American internment camp during World War II. The camp was located at 20th Street and Normandie Avenue (now Avalon Blvd.) in an area that is now known as Gardena. It housed Japanese Americans rounded up from Southern California and other areas around the West Coast of the United States following Executive Order 9066 issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942.

Quick Facts about Gardena

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Geography

Gardena is located at 33°53'18"N 118°18'32"W (33.8883500, -118.3089600).

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People born in Gardena, including basketball player Lisa Leslie, ice hockey player Beau Bennett, film producer, director and actor Aaron Norris, .

List

• Billy Warlock (American actor) he was born in 26/03/1961
• Art Pepper (American musician) he was born in 01/09/1925
• Joey Castillo (American drummer) he was born in 30/03/1966
• Gary Berland (American poker player) he was born in 09/05/1950
• Tyus Edney (American basketball player) he was born in 14/02/1973
• Robert Woods (American football wide receiver born 1992) he was born in 10/04/1992
• Juaquin Hawkins (American basketball player) he was born in 02/07/1973
• Alondra Johnson (Player of American and Canadian football) he was born in 22/07/1965
• Charlie Evans (American football player) he was born in 10/01/1948
• Darryl Haley (American football player) he was born in 16/02/1961
• Ed Luther (American football player) he was born in 02/01/1957
• Eddie Gray (American racing driver) he was born in 04/02/1920
• Jimmie Dolan (American musician) he was born in 29/10/1916
• Karen Sandler (writer, software engineer, ghostwriter)
• Lorrenzo Wade (College basketball player) he was born in 23/11/1985
• Lowell Wagner (American football player (1923-2005)) he was born in 21/08/1923
• Nate Ness (Player of American football) he was born in 05/09/1986
• Paul Tanaka (California politician) he was born in 01/01/1959

• Gardena , North Dakota human settlement in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States of America with a population of 28 people.