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| Above: Hansen Dam
Recreation Area and Golf Course. The facility includes a 9-acre
recreation lake and a 1.5-acre swimming lake. |
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Demographic
Information
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Land Area (Sq. Mi.):
13.0 |
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Population:
54,539 |
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African American:
1.4%
Asian American:
6.3%
Hispanic:
71.7%
White:
20.3%
Other:
0.4% |
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Median Housing Value:
$520,000
(average of
east north valley as per Southland Regional Association of
Realtors) |
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Number of Households:
11,856 |
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Sun Valley was once owned by Sen.
Charles Maclay in the 1870s who, with holdings of 56,000 acres extending west from Sunland
Boulevard to the Chatsworth Hills, owned most of the Northern Valley. Maclay Street
is named for him.
Sun Valley has had its share of names. It was called
Roberts in the last 1800s in homage to the only business in town, Roberts' General Store.
Just before the turn of the century the moniker was changed to Roscoe, and a half-century
later it became Sun Valley. The city's sand-and-gravel industry helped construct
many Valley homes.
Residents don't have to travel far to do their shopping, as the
Canyon Plaza shopping center is right there.
As for recreation, there is plenty to do in the Sun Valley and
Sunland-Tujunga vicinities, including spending lazy, sunny summer days at the Hansen Dam
Recreation Area and Golf Course, the Stonehurst and Sunland recreation centers or the
Angeles National Forest, which covers a portion of the San Gabriels.
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