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History · Los Angeles

Half of Los Angeles’ homes were built after 2001

Most of Los Angeles was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Los Angeles’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Los Angeles are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Los Angeles’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Los Angeles, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Los Angeles yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Los Angeles is a census-designated place (CDP) in Willacy County, Texas, United States. The population was 108 at the 2020 census. Prior to the 2010 census, the CDP was known as Los Angeles Subdivision.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 121 to 108 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Los Angeles on the map, 1956 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Los Angeles. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Los Angeles on the 1956 USGS mapLos Angeles on the 1982 USGS map1956Raymondville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Los Angeles.

People over time

Los Angeles, census by census

010020002020Peak: 121

Between 86 and 121 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Los Angeles’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Los Angeles

Nobody well known was born in Los Angeles itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Bobby MorrowAmerican sprinter · b. 1935
Nick StahlAmerican actor · b. 1979
Beth Nielsen ChapmanAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1958
Rubén HinojosaAmerican politician · b. 1940
Filemon VelaAmerican politician · b. 1963
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Tom BarkerAmerican basketball player · b. 1955
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Colonia los Angeles

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Los Angeles’ history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.