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Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California

Canoga Park, Los Angeles
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
Canoga Park, Los Angeles is located in San Fernando Valley
Canoga Park, Los Angeles
Canoga Park, Los Angeles
Location within Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley
Coordinates: 34°12′04″N 118°35′50″W / 34.20111°N 118.59722°W / 34.20111; -118.59722
Owensmouth 1912
Canoga Park 1931
Area
 • Land 11.3 km2 (4.35 sq mi)
Elevation 200 m (800 ft)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
zip code 91303, 91304, 91305, 91309
Area code(s) 818 and 747

Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States. Its 60,000+ residents are considered to be "highly diverse" ethnically. Before the Mexican War the district was part of a rancho, and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and then subdivided, with part of it named Owensmouth as a town founded in 1912. It joined Los Angeles in 1917 and was renamed Canoga Park on March 1, 1931, thanks to the efforts of local prominent civic leader Mary Logan Orcutt.

The area of present-day Canoga Park was the homeland of Native Americans in the Tongva-Fernandeño and Chumash-Venturaño tribes, that lived in the Simi Hills and along to the tributaries of the Los Angeles River. They traded with the north Valley Tataviam-Fernandeño people. Native American civilizations inhabited the Valley for an estimated 8,000 years. Their culture left the Burro Flats Painted Cave nearby.

From 1797 to 1846 the area was part of Mission San Fernando Rey de España (Mission San Fernando). After the Mexican War of Independence from Spain the 'future Canoga Park' land became part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. In 1845 a land grant for the separate and historically rich Rancho El Escorpión was issued by Governor Pío Pico to three Chumash people, Odón Eusebia, his brother-in-law Urbano, and Urbano's son Mañuel. It was located in the area west of Fallbrook Avenue and later called Platt Ranch.


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