![]() ![]() To gather firewood it was necessary to travel to mountains close to Pasadena. The weather continued to be harsh, rainy and cold, and fuel was difficult to find. Compton’s earliest settlers were faced with terrible hardships as they farmed the land in bleak weather to get by with just the barest subsistence.ġ4. However, to avoid confusion with the Comptonville located in Yuba County, the name was shortened to Compton.ġ3. Originally named Gibsonville, after one of the tract owners, it was later called Comptonville.ġ2. These families had traveled by wagon train south from Stockton, California, in search of ways to earn a living other than the rapid exhaustion of gold fields. In 1867, Griffith Dickenson Compton led a group of 30 pioneers to the area. The tree that marked the original northern boundary of the rancho still stands at the corner of Poppy and Short streets.ġ1. The Domínguez family name is still applied throughout the area, including the Dominguez Rancho Adobe historical landmark, in the unincorporated community of Rancho Dominguez, located between the cities of Compton, Long Beach and Carson.ġ0. Domínguez’s descendants partitioned the land amongst family members, sold parcels to newly arriving settlers, and relinquished some when validating their legal claim with the Mexican government at 48,000 acres (190 km2) in 1828, and with the United States government through a patent validating 43,119 acres (174.50 km2) in 1858.ĩ. In 1784, the Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro, a tract of over 75,000 acres (300 km2), to soldier Juan José Domínguez. ![]() In 1767, the area became part of the Province of the Californias, and the area was explored by the Portolá expedition in 1769–1770.Ĩ. The Spanish Empire had expanded into this area when the Viceroy of New Spain commissioned Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo to explore the Pacific Ocean in 1542–1543.ħ. The city is generally a working-class community, with some middle-class neighborhoods and poor neighborhoods.Ħ. Neighborhoods in Compton include Sunny Cove, Leland, Downtown Compton, and Richland Farms.ĥ. It is known as the “Hub City” due to its geographic centrality in Los Angeles County.Ĥ. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 96,456.ģ. Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and, on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city in California to incorporate.Ģ. Take a look below for 20 awesome and interesting facts about Compton, California, United States.ġ. ![]() Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles. ![]()
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