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HISTORY

of the FORMATION, DISSOLUTION,
ANNEXATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICTS as of March 15, 1949

* indicates present twenty-one Districts - 1949
Number in parentheses indicates Reference Number

*Altadena 2/28/24

*Angeles Mesa 5/29/33

(1) Arnaz 1/21/41 Consolidated with Hollywood-Sherman 11/30/48

(2) Artesia 2/4/24 Consolidated with Lakewood 11/30/48

(3) Baldwin Park 2/18/24 Renamed San Gabriel Valley 1/21/41

Bell 12/31/23 Incorporated 11/7/27; Dissolved because of said incorporation 8/27/28

*Bellflower 12/17/23

(4) Bell Gardens 2/27/40 Consolidated with Downey 1/4/49

(5) Belvedere 12/17/23 Consolidated with Laguna 12/9/47

(5) *Belvedere-Laguna 12/9/47 Consolidation of Belvedere and Laguna

(7) Belvedere Gardens 2/4/24 Consolidated with Central Mnfg. 12/9/47

Casa Verdugo 2/l/26 Annexed to Glendale 3/17/26

(6) Central Manufacturing 10/21/30 Consolidated with Vernon No. 2 11/27/45

(7) Central Manufacturing 10/21/30 Consolidated with Belvedere Gdns. 12/9/47

*Clearwater-Hynes 12/17/23

(8) Clifton Heights 9/20/26 Consolidated with El Porto 12/10/46

(8) Coast 12/10/46 Consolidation of Clifton Hgts. and El Porto

(11) Coast Consolidated with Southwest and Miramonte-Florence-Graham 12/9/47

(4) *Downey 12/17/23 Consolidated with Bell Gardens 1/4/49

(7) *East Los Angeles 12/9/47 Consolidation of Belvedere Gardens and Central Manufacturing

3 c) East Montebello 6/27/27 Consolidated with San Gabriel Val. 11/6/47

(8) El Porto 2/l/32 Consolidated with Clifton Hgts. 12/10/46

*Flintridge 2/18/24

(11) *(Florence-Southwest) 12/9/47 Consolidation of Coast, Southwest and (Miramonte-Florence-Graham)

(12) (Florence-Southwest) 6/15/48 Consolidated with Lomita and Willowbrook

Green Meadows 12/17/23 Annexed to Los Angeles City 3/18/26

(1) *Hollywood-Sherman 2/18/24 Consolidated with Arnaz 11/30/48

Home Gardens 5/12/24 Annexed to South Gate 8/29/28

(10) Howard 2/18/24 Consolidated with Lawndale-Lennox 11/6/46

*La Canada 1/27/48

*La Crescenta Valley 12/17/23

(5) Laguna 12/17/23 Consolidated with Belvedere 12/9/47

(2) Lakewood 9/10/41 Consolidated with Artesia 11/30/48

*Lancaster 10/17/25

Las Flores Canyon 2/24/25 Dissolved 10/22/28

(9) Lawndale 12/17/23 Consolidated with Lennox 3/26/46

(9) Lawndale-Lennox 3/26/46 Consolidation of Lawndale and Lennox

(10) Lawndale-Lennox Consolidated with Howard 11/6/46

(9) Lennox 1/28/24 Consolidated with Lawndale 3/26/46

(12) Lomita 12/17/23 Consolidated with Florence-Southwest and Willowbrook 6/15/48

Maywood 12/27/23 Incorporated 2/13/26

Maywood No. 2 8/30/26 Dissolved 7/16/46

(11) Miramonte-Florence-Graham 12/17/23 Consolidated with Coast and Southwest 12/9/47

Moneta-Gardena 12/31/23 Held illegal

Moneta-Gardena 6/27/27 Incorporated August 1931

*Newhall 1/25/49

*Norwalk 12/17/23

*Palmdale 12/17/23

(3 b) Puente 1/28/24 Consolidated with San Gabriel Valley 1/7/47

*San Dimas 12/17/23

(3) San Gabriel Valley 1/21/41 Baldwin Park renamed

(3 a) *San Gabriel Valley Consolidated with Santa Fe Springs 1/7/47

(3 b) San Gabriel Valley Consolidated with Puente 1/7/47

(3c) San Gabriel Valley Consolidated with East Montebello 11/6/47

(3a) Santa Fe Springs 12/24/23 Consolidated with San Gabriel Val. 1/7/47

Santa Monica Canyon 12/17/23 Annexed to Los Angeles City 8/l/25

Signal Hill 2/4/24 Incorporated 7/24/25

(2) *Southeast 11/30/48 Consolidation of Artesia and Lakewood

(10) Southwest 11/6/46 Consolidation of Howard and Lawndale-Lennox

Temple 2/25/24 Dissolved 6/23/25

Tujunga-Sunland 12/31/23 Annexed to Los Angeles City 12/13/26

*Universal City 3/19/46

(6) Vernon-No. 2 9/14/25 Consolidated with Central Manufacturing 11/27/45

*Walnut Park 2/25/24

Walteria 3/8/26 Annexed to Torrance 3/7/27

(12) Willowbrook 4/9/40 Consolidated with Florence -Southwest and Lomita 6/15/48

* indicates present twenty-one Districts - 1949
Number in parentheses indicates Reference Number

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