Pearblossom, California
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Pearblossom, California | ||
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ZIP codes 93553 | ||
Area code | 661 |
Pearblossom locally /ˈpɛərblɒsəm/ is an unincorporated community located in the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States.
The town has a population of 2,435. The
Geography
Pearblossom is located about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Palmdale in the Antelope Valley portion of southern California. The name Pearblossom came from the multitude of local pear farms along the southern ridge of the Antelope Valley. A few still exist today, but most of those farms are now abandoned and have returned to the desert landscape or have been overridden by small-scale housing development.
Pearblossom is also a popular destination, for its annual Duck Races; convenient location for hiking in the foothills; and picturesque photo opportunities.
Pearblossom is well known by
Arts
Pearblossom (in name only at present) is found in the following creative works:
- The Crows of Pearblossom, authored by Aldous Huxley
- Aldous Huxley's home in the early 1940s was nearby in Llano and is now the filming location of Pearblossom Picture Ranch
- Pearblossom Highway, a photographic collage assembled by David Hockney
- The community is mentioned in I Love Dick, the 1997 novel by Chris Kraus
Pearblossom Highway (1986) was actually photographed in the Littlerock rural vicinity; it, like Huxley's The Crows of Pearblossom, is not about Pearblossom proper.
In 1997, Western actor Louis R. Faust died in his Pearblossom lodgings on Hwy 138.[2] His son, Louis R. Faust, Jr., expired here in 2010.[3]
Notable people
- Hall of Fame outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers
- George Lazenby, actor who, among other roles, portrayed James Bond
- George Voskovec
References
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- ^ Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Biography of Louis Faust at IMDb
- ^ Los Angeles County death certificate and property tax assessor records.