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Demographic
Information
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Land Area (Sq. Mi.):
11.5 |
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Population:
23,321 |
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African American:
2.5%
Asian American:
7.4%
Hispanic:
22.7%
White:
66.7%
Other:
0.7% |
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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:
7,010 |
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Sunland-Tujunga retains an old-fashioned, country feel.
People enjoy a simpler, more relaxed lifestyle here,
frequenting the area's familiar mom-and-pop establishments.
Back in 1913, William Ellsworth Smythe, founder of a social
movement known as "Little Landers," established a colony in Los Terrenitos, as
Tujunga was then known. His disciples immediately began constructing Bolton Hall,
which became the center for all community activities. The building later served as
Tujunga's City Hall and town jail, though by 1920 the Little Landers utopian society was
little more than a memory. However, its legacy can still be observed and studied
today at the restored Bolton Hall. It's now a museum charged with the responsibility
of preserving the history it was so much a part of.
The McGroarty Art Center is also in Tujunga. It was built
in 1923 by poet laureate and Congressman John Steven McGroarty. The statesman named
his home "Rancho Chupa Rose," and upon his death in 1944, it became the property
of his niece, Margaret McHale. The home and 16 adjoining acres were purchased by the
Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks in 1953. The complex was declared a
historical monument in 1970, and four years later it opened the restored John Steven
McGroarty Memorial Archive Library. |
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