'''LA VERNE'''

is small, affluent community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,063 at the 2010 census, down from 31,638 at the 2000 census.

HISTORY

Category: Image - :LaVerne-1922.jpg|150px|left|thumb|The Lordsburg Pacific Electric station, 1922.
The history of this area dates back to the 1830s when Ygnacio Palomares received the Interwiki: convert » 15000|acre|km2|0|sing=on Rancho San Jose land grant from Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1837. The land included the present day cities Pomona, Claremont, San Dimas, Glendora, and La Verne. The adobe which Palomares built in 1837 is still preserved in Pomona as La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose (The First House). Palomares soon moved a mile or so northeast and constructed the Palomares Adobe. He ensured that a nephew, Jose Dolores Palomares, secured a tract of land a mile west. In the mid-1880s, entrepreneur Isaac W. Lord purchased a tract of Jose Palomares' land and convinced the Santa Fe Railroad company to run its line across towards Los Angeles. Lord had the land surveyed for building lots and in 1887 had a large land sale, naming the new town 'Lordsburg' after himself. He also had a large Lordsburg Hotel constructed, but the land boom was over by the time it was completed. It sat empty for several years, until sold to four members of the German Baptist Brethren Church, who persuaded others of that denomination that it would be an excellent site for a new institution of higher learning. Lordsburg College was founded in 1891. In 1906 the town was incorporated. Residents grew field crops, then began planting citrus trees, which flourished. Lordsburg became known as the "Heart of the Orange Empire." The city of La Verne flourished as a center of the citrus industry until after World War II, when the citrus industry slowly faded away. Today the last two orange groves are on the grounds of the La Verne Mansion and Heritage Park.

GEOGRAPHY

La Verne is a suburb Interwiki: convert » 30|mi|km east of Los Angeles. It lies on the northwest edge of the Pomona valley at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Interwiki: convert » 8.6|sqmi|km2. Interwiki: convert » 8.4|sqmi|km2 of it is land and Interwiki: convert » 0.1|sqmi|km2 of it (1.55%) is water.

DEMOGRAPHICS

Interwiki: USCensusPop »
| 1910=954
| 1920=1698
| 1930=2860
| 1940=3092
| 1950=4198
| 1960=6516
| 1970=12965
| 1980=23508
| 1990=30897
| 2000=31638
| 2010=31063
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}}

EDUCATION

The University of La Verne is located on 3rd Street in La Verne. Bonita High School is located on D Street. Lutheran High School is located on Fruit Street. Damien High School is a Catholic, all boys school located at the intersection of Damien and Bonita Avenues. Calvary Baptist Schools are located at the intersection of Damien Avenue. and Forestdale Street.


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