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Lynwood
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city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Los Angeles
- Incorporated
- July 16, 1921
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Rita Soto
- Mayor pro tem
- Gabriela Camacho
- City council
- Luis Gerardo Cuellar , Juan Muñoz-Guevara , Lorraine Avila Moore
- City manager
- Gabriel A. Gonzalez (interim)
- Total
- 4.84 sq mi (12.53 km )
- Land
- 4.84 sq mi (12.53 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 92 ft (28 m)
- Density
- 14,440.1/sq mi (5,575.37/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Area codes
- 310/424 , 323
- Fips code
- 06-44574
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lynwood is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 67,265, down from 69,772 at the 2010 census. Lynwood is located near South Gate and Compton in the central portion of the Los Angeles Basin. Incorporated in 1921, Lynwood was named after the Lynwood Dairy and Creamery, from which the local station of the Pacific Electric Railway had been named.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lynwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.