Maywood

History

The land on which Maywood stands had been populated by Native American tribes for centuries. The area that would later become Maywood was deeded in 1781 by the Spanish monarchy to Spanish War veteran Manuel Nieto. When the settlement of Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles was recorded, it included the cow pasture (now Maywood) that eventually turned into a rancho. In 1919, May Wood, a popular young woman who worked for the real estate corporation developing the ranch into home tracts, agreed to lend her name to the property. The development of Maywood later survived a bitter challenge to dissolve the prospective city in early 1924. The Chrysler Corporation had an auto assembly plant in Maywood from the 1920s until its closing in July 1971. It was located at 5800 Eastern Avenue at Slauson, and was generally referred to as the "Los Angeles" Plant. When the city of Commerce was incorporated in 1961, that corner was annexed as were several in the surrounding area. Maywood Assembly was a Ford Motor Company assembly plant also located in Maywood, that operated from 1948 until 1957. The address was 5801 S. Eastern Avenue, and it was across the street from the Chrysler Assembly factory, and exclusively built Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. The factory was closed and demolished when operations at Maywood and Long Beach were combined into a new factory in Pico Rivera in 1958. Willys-Overland built its California factory in Maywood, California, in 1929 at the current location of 6201 Randolph Street. Over 900 people were employed at the new $1.5 million assembly plant. Willys-Overland became the second automobile manufacturer to build a major plant in the city. After the United States entered World War II, automobile production for civilians was phased out and in November…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. It is southeast from Downtown Los Angeles Financial District and only east of the Los Angeles city limit on Slauson Ave and Alameda St in the Central-Alameda neighborhood. Maywood is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County area. Maywood is bordered by the city of Bell on the south, Vernon on the north and west, Huntington Park on the southwest, and Commerce on the east. The climate in the city of Maywood is very warm during summer when high temperatures tend to be in the 80s and mild during winter when high temperatures tend to be in the 60s. Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach , and moderate during winter with an average difference of . The annual average precipitation at Maywood is . The wettest month of the year is February with an average rainfall of . Maywood-area historical tornado activity is significantly above California state average. It is 75% smaller than the overall U.S. average. On November 7, 1966, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado away from the Maywood city center injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  53,391
• Black Phoebe

  Sayornis nigricans (Swainson, 1827) · Aves
  45,172
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  42,624
• Allen's Hummingbird

  Selasphorus sasin (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves
  37,602
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  35,599
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  34,180
• Lesser Goldfinch

  Spinus psaltria (Say, 1822) · Aves
  33,952
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  33,095

Largest nearby schools

• Downey High
  High · Downey · 4,063 students · 23.4:1 ratio
• Paramount High
  High · Paramount · 3,737 students · 20.5:1 ratio
• Warren (Earl) High
  High · Downey · 3,437 students · 23.7:1 ratio
• Mayfair High
  High · Lakewood · 2,578 students · 22.6:1 ratio
• California High
  High · Whittier · 2,504 students · 23.2:1 ratio
• Bell Senior High
  High · Bell · 2,351 students · 22:1 ratio
• James A. Garfield Senior High
  High · Los Angeles · 2,247 students · 17.6:1 ratio
• El Rancho High
  High · Pico Rivera · 2,244 students · 24.7:1 ratio

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