Los Angeles County California Newspapers, 1894

Population, 101,454; chiefly agricultural. Los Angeles county comprises an area of 3,584,000 acres. Almost every variety of grain, vegetable, fruit, nut or berry, produced in temperate or subtropical latitudes flourishes here. Apples, peaches, oranges, lemons, grapes and figs, are all grown to perfection. Nectarines, apricots, prunes, guavas, pomegranates, English walnuts, olives, almonds and figs are among the established products. The assessed valuation of the county of Los Angeles is $82,616,576. The minerals successfully mined in the county are: gold, silver copper, coal, asphaltum, graphite, iron, tin, limestone, building stone, clay, mineral paint clay, gypsum, borate of lime, silica, kaolin, petroleum, borax, epsom salts, nitrate of soda, and salt. Los Angeles, the county seat, is the second city in size in the State. Eight lines of railroad center here  the Southern Pacific, California Southern, Los Angeles and San Gabriel, and Atlantic Pacific, and three branches of the Southern Pacific.

Acton, Population 200

Alhambra, Population 450

Azusa, Population 400

Claremont, Population 300

Covina, Population 300

Downey, Population 700

East Los Angeles, Population 7,000

Glendora, Population 300

Lancaster, Population 200

Long Beach, Population 700

Monrovia, Population 1,200

Pasadena, Population 7,000

Pomona, Population 4,458

San Fernando, Population 1,000

San Pedro. Population 1,300

Santa Monica. Population 1,500

Whittier, Population 646

California Index | Pacific States Newspaper Index

Source: Pacific States Newspaper Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San Francisco, 1894

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