'''GLENDORA'''

is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States, Interwiki: convert » 23|mi|km east of downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2010 census, the population of Glendora was 50,073.
Glendora is a city with a diverse housing stock and a consistently high-ranking school district. Glendora lies within the San Gabriel Valley, area code 626. There are portions that are in the area code 909, which is the area code for western San Bernardino County and areas in eastern Los Angeles County, like Claremont. The city to Glendora's west is Azusa while San Dimas lies to Glendora's east.
Glendora has its own police force, and the town's crime rate is low.
Residences in Glendora range from early 20th century bungalows, to modest ranch style homes, to multi-story configurations, to grand mansions. Glendora's most expensive neighborhoods contain many large, secluded, estate homes with sweeping views across the San Gabriel Valley to Downtown Los Angeles. These neighborhoods include Morgan Ranch, Gordon Highlands, Bluebird Hill, Silent Ranch, Oakhart Estates, and Easley Canyon Estates, where homes have been listed and sold upwards of $7 million. The Glendora Country Club is a members-only country club with an 18-hole golf course, where membership is by invitation only.

HISTORY

Category: Image - :Glendora-1920.jpg|thumb|left|Glendora, 1920.
Ygnacio Palomares received the Interwiki: convert » 22000|acre|km2|0|sing=on land grant Rancho San Jose from Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1837. The land included the present day cities of Pomona, Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas, and Glendora.
Located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, modern Glendora was founded on April 1, 1887 by George D. Whitcomb who moved to California from Illinois in the early 1880s. Whitcomb was the founder of the Whitcomb Locomotive Works in Chicago and Rochelle, Illinois. He devised the name Glendora by combining the name of his wife, Leadora Bennett Whitcomb, with the location of his home in a glen of the San Gabriel Mountains. Prior to its 1911 incorporation, Glendora's administrator officially occupied the office of President of Glendora.

GEOGRAPHY

Glendora is located at Interwiki: Coord » 34|7|51|N|117|51|15|W|type:city (34.130957, -117.854127).Interwiki: GR » 1
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Interwiki: convert » 19.6|sqmi|km2, of which Interwiki: convert » 19.4|sqmi|km2 is land and Interwiki: convert » 0.2|sqmi|km2, or 0.84%, is water.


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