Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California
Green Valley, California | |
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ZIP Code | 91390 |
Area code | 661 |
GNIS feature IDs | 271423; 2583029 |
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California |
Green Valley is a
History
Widow Smith's Station of the Butterfield Overland Mail was located about a mile south of Green Valley, on the San Francisquito Canyon Road, remained into the 1960s at 38839 San Francisquito Canyon Road. The building still stands, the building is believed to have been in use at the time the Butterfield stage line used this route from 1858 to 1861.[4] The station was in existence by 1856, when Harris Newmark says he stayed there overnight when returning to Los Angeles from a meeting at Fort Tejon.[5] This would have been Widow Smith's Station or Gordon's Station, 24 miles southeast from French John's Station (that was located just west of Neenach) and 10 miles north of King's Station located in the lower San Francisquito Canyon.[6]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.8 square miles (33.2 km2), all of which is land.
The town is located in the
Demographics
At the
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 443 households, 116 (26.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 214 (48.3%) were married couples living together, 31 (7.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 39 (8.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 32 (7.2%)
The age distribution was 195 people (19.0%) under the age of 18, 71 people (6.9%) aged 18 to 24, 199 people (19.4%) aged 25 to 44, 429 people (41.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 133 people (13.0%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 47.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.7 males.
There were 515 housing units at an average density of 40.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 359 (81.0%) were owner-occupied and 84 (19.0%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.3%. 862 people (83.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 165 people (16.1%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Green Valley has a median household income of $83,359, with 7.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[9]
In popular culture
Much of the first three seasons of Justified (TV series), set in Harlan County, Kentucky, was filmed in Green Valley.[10]
References
- ^ U.S. Census Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California
- ^ Mildred Brooke Hoover, Hero Eugene Rensch, Ethel Grace Rensch, 3rd Edition revised by William N. Abeloe, Historic Spots in California, 3rd Ed., Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1966, p.168
- ^ Harris Newmark, "Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853–1913", The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1916, p. 195
- ^ List of Stations from New York Times, October 14 1858, Itinerary of the Route
- ^ "U.S. Census website".
- ^ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Green Valley CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ Owen, Rob (March 15, 2010). "'Justified' another worthy FX offering". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
External links
- Major Gordon's Stage Station, historical notes, photos, painting and drawings of Widow Smith's Station.