El Porto, Manhattan Beach, California
El Porto is a
The boundary of El Porto is 45th Street on the north side, which is the border with
The
Residents of El Porto are currently zoned to Grandview Elementary School by the Manhattan Beach Unified School District. Fire and Police Services are generally provided by the downtown police and fire facility.
History
El Porto was subdivided in 1911 on land owned by
The 30-by-90 foot lots, laid out by Peck, were each between a street and an alley. At first, no names were given to the streets. Numbers were later assigned to the east-west streets and names to the alleys. The alley between 39th and 40th Streets, for instance, is named El Porto Street.
Although it is thought to mean "The Port" in Spanish, the name is actually a misspelling and translates "The I Carry." The Spanish word for port should have actually been spelled p-u-e-r-t-o. However, "porto" is the Portuguese word for "port," but its article is "O" instead of "El," which leads one to believe the origin of the name El Porto could have come from both Spanish and Portuguese influences.
For over six decades, El Porto was a county island that was part of the El Segundo Unified School District.
In November 1980, the unincorporated town of El Porto, consisting of approximately 34 acres (140,000 m2) and a population of about 1,185 people, was annexed from the County of Los Angeles by Manhattan Beach.
See also
- El Porto State Beach