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map of the los angeles metropolitan area bell gardens bell gardens southern california show map of southern california bell gardens bell gardens california show map of california bell gardens bell gardens the united states show map of the united states bell gardens bell gardens north america show map of north america coordinates 33 58 5 n 118 9 22 w 33 96806 n 118 15611 w 33 96806 118 15611 country united states state california county los angeles incorporated august 1 1961 1 government 2 type council manager government body mayor jorgel chavez miguel de la rosa mayor pro tem marco barcena isabel guillén francis de leon sanchez city manager michael b o kelly area 3 total 2 46 sq mi 6 38 km 2 land 2 46 sq mi 6 37 km 2 water 0 0039 sq mi 0 01 km 2 0 18 elevation 4 121 ft 37 m population 2020 total 39 501 density 16 064 1 sq mi 6 202 38 km 2 time zone utc 8 pst summer dst utc 7 pdt zip code 90201 90202 5 area code s 562 213 323 6 fips code 06 04996 gnis feature ids 1660323 2409817 website www bellgardens org bell gardens is a city in the u s state of california in the los angeles metropolitan area located in los angeles county the city s population was 39 501 at the 2020 census bell gardens is part of the gateway cities region a largely urbanized region located in southeastern los angeles county bell gardens is notable for being one of only six los angeles county cities out of 88 total to permit casino gambling and for being home of the oldest building in los angeles county 7 bell gardens is named after james george bell an american businessman the gardens in its name derives from the many japanese who early in bell gardens existence established vegetable gardens and rice fields 8 the adjacent city of bell is also named after james george bell history edit tongva edit the area of bell gardens has a history dating back thousands of years the tongva established settlements in the area including the village of chokishgna the village prospered until the arrival of the spanish after which it came under the influence of mission san gabriel in 1771 9 10 spanish and mexican edit in the late 18th century when the area was associated with a large amount of land situated along the lower basin of the rio hondo area in los angeles county bell gardens was once a bustling agricultural center for californios during the spanish empire 1509 1823 the mexican government 1823 1848 and the united states after the mexican american war concluded in 1848 among those early spanish settlers was one of california s first families the lugos while stationed at mission san antonio de padua near salinas california francisco lugo s son antonio maria lugo was born in 1783 in 1810 antonio lugo a 35 year old corporal in the spanish army was given the 29 514 acre 119 44 km 2 rancho san antonio land grant the land grant was a reward for his military service during the establishment of the franciscan missions in california while being the attendant of colonization for the area today the grant includes the cities of bell gardens bell maywood vernon huntington park walnut park cudahy south gate lynwood and commerce antonio lugo built several adobe homes within the boundaries of the rancho san antonio grant and raised cattle one of the adobe houses built in 1795 is the oldest house in los angeles county and is still standing at 7000 gage avenue lugo was given a term as mayor of los angeles according to dr roy whitehead in his book lugo don antonio maria lugo rode around los angeles and his rancho san antonio in great splendor he never adopted american dress culture or language and still spoke only spanish he rode magnificent horses sitting in his 1 500 silver trimmed saddle erect and stately with his sword strapped to the saddle beneath his left leg people knew him far and wide and even the indians sometimes named their children after him as he was one spanish don that they admired antonio maría lugo died at the age of 85 in 1860 american period edit one of his nine children vicente lugo married and built a two story adobe home in 1850 located at 6360 gage avenue a daughter of antonio lugo married stephen c foster mayor of los angeles in 1854 and lived in an adobe house just east of 6820 foster bridge road now a parking lot a granddaughter of antonio lugo married wallace woodworth an early day merchant and civic leader in los angeles their eldest son joseph woodworth built a two story colonial style house at 6820 foster bridge road in 1924 the land s original adobe dwelling was built in 1795 and named casa de rancho san antonio by lugo when henry t gage a lawyer who married antonia lugo s granddaughter frances v rains occupied the residence he added two wings and redwood siding installed bronze fireplaces and imported expensive fabric wallpaper from france to serve as background for the gage coat of arms which enjoys a place of prominence in every room the bell gardens school system began in 1867 when the san antonio school was built where bell gardens elementary stands today area farmers sent their children to the san antonio school which was one of the earliest educational institutions in the county of los angeles because of the rich soil many japanese immigrants are part of bell gardens early history japanese gardeners leased land and farmed to produce quality vegetables for the marketplace rice fields also mushroomed within the city limits of bell gardens with some of the richest agricultural land in the country bell gardens remained a farming community until the 1930s beginning in the 1930s cheap homes were constructed filled largely by defense plant workers 8 in 1927 firestone tire company bought some of the land at 7 000 an acre by 1900 bell gardens was divided into tracts of 40 to 100 acres 0 40 km 2 the land adjoining the city of bell became known as bell gardens both bell gardens and bell are named for james george bell in 1930 o c beck purchased property and begins to build affordable homes for those suffering through the depression era it was during this period that the area was known as billy goat acres to this day bell gardens is affectionately known by this moniker world war i and world war ii brought defense plants to the area that helped build the economic stability and the population which led to construction of new homes more schools and a prosperous business climate this land used to be floodplains farmlands split into long narrow plots by depression era developers tiny houses were sold and rented to okies and native americans forced from their homes by the dust bowl by the 1980s high wage factories had left taking with them virtually all of the whites and many of the blacks in their places coming from the mexican states of michoacan jalisco sinaloa and zacatecas were large families of immigrants 11 latinos moved here for work and some brought their small businesses 12 thousands of central americans fleeing civil wars in the 1980s also came to the region and created small businesses and worked in the same service industry jobs by the 1990s colmar elementary changed its name to cesar e chavez elementary and 85 percent of the residents of bell gardens were hispanic 13 14 by 2013 approximately 122 000 homeowners in the southeast were latina o a region where prior to 1965 families of color could not live due to restrictive covenants 13 on september 30 2014 bell gardens mayor daniel crespo was shot dead at his home police took crespo s wife into custody daniel crespo s brother william crespo filed a 50 million wrongful death lawsuit against crespo s wife lyvette levette crespo 15 16 gage mansion edit lugo family members at their home in bell gardens the oldest remaining house in los angeles city is the avila adobe located on olvera street built in 1818 it is not however the oldest remaining house in los angeles county shane kimbler a bell gardens history enthusiast wrote that early colonist francisco salvador lugo and son antonio maría lugo began construction in 1795 on what is now known as casa de rancho san antonio or the henry gage mansion the house is located at 7000 east gage avenue in bell gardens it was built to qualify the younger lugo a former spanish colonial soldier for a land grant from the spanish crown in 1810 antonio maría lugo completed the house and received the grant naming his new grant rancho san antonio the ranch eventually grew to encompass 29 513 acres 119 43 km 2 including what are now the cities of bell gardens commerce and parts of bell cudahy lynwood montebello south gate vernon and east los angeles when california became part of the u s in 1850 lugo as did all recipients of spanish mexican land grants began losing portions of his land to the growing population of anglo newcomers the ranch adobe however continued to be owned and used by the lugo family by 1865 most of the lugo ranch divided among five sons and three daughters had been sold off for as little as a dollar per acre the original adobe ranch home however remained in the family in 1880 attorney henry tifft gage a transplant from michigan married one of lugo s great granddaughters francis fanny rains the original adobe ranch home was given as a gift to gage as a wedding dowry and it became known as the gage mansion when gage acquired the mansion he worked very extensively to restore the heritage farmhouse of early los angeles in 1898 gage was elected to become the 20th governor of california he served in that office from 1899 to 1903 in 1910 he was appointed by president william howard taft to serve as u s minister to portugal he resigned after only one year due to his wife s health problems gage lived in the abode ranch house until his death in 1924 bell gardens maintains only a small portion of the original lugo land grant which is located at the site of the casa mobile home park at 7000 gage ave in 1991 the park s tenants who own the land as well as lugo s original dwelling were successful in their efforts to have casa de san antonio named state historical monument no 984 their effort ensures that don antonio maria lugo s name and his historic home will be preserved for future generations of bell gardens residents and californians 17 casa mobile home co op site of henry gage mansion a century later the gage mansion was all that remained of the once great rancho san antonio in 1983 the casa mobile home park a cooperative of mobile home owners renting lots on the property purchased the land and the house from their ailing landlord although they were aware of the historical significance of the old house they had no means of maintaining it in 1987 then bell gardens city councilwoman daina daina began working to get the house listed on the state historical registry making it eligible for maintenance grants it is now listed as california historical site number 984 indian revival church edit in 1956 assemblies of god evangelist arthur stoneking recognized this demographic shift and pioneered indian revival center now indian revival church 18 a congregation for native americans in bell gardens stoneking a member of the winnebago tribe had remarkable success in bringing together people from various tribes started as a home bible study the congregation soon became the largest native american congregation in los angeles 19 in 1990 there were 889 american native indian people living in bell gardens 18 miss bell gardens edit an official annual city beauty pageant held in the city from 1947 ending in 2015 successfully returning in 2020 and ending again in 2021 20 geography edit according to the united states census bureau the city has a total area of 2 5 square miles 6 5 km 2 over 99 of it land bell gardens is bordered by bell and cudahy on the west commerce on the north and northeast downey on the southeast and south gate on the southwest the city is about 10 miles 16 km southeast of downtown los angeles 21 demographics edit historical population census pop note 1960 26 467 1970 29 308 10 7 1980 34 117 16 4 1990 42 355 24 1 2000 44 054 4 0 2010 42 072 4 5 2020 39 501 6 1 u s decennial census 22 1860 1870 23 24 1880 1890 25 1900 26 1910 27 1920 28 1930 29 1940 30 1950 31 1960 32 33 1970 34 1980 35 1990 36 2000 37 2010 38 2020 39 bell gardens first appeared as an unincorporated place in the 1960 u s census as part of the southeast census county division pop 323 103 in 1960 40 and as a city in 1970 u s census 40 racial and ethnic composition edit bell gardens city california racial and ethnic composition note the us census treats hispanic latino as an ethnic category this table excludes latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category hispanics latinos may be of any race race ethnicity nh non hispanic pop 1980 41 pop 1990 42 pop 2000 43 pop 2010 44 pop 2020 39 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 white alone nh 11 060 4 273 2 085 1 133 740 32 42 10 09 4 73 2 69 1 87 black or african american alone nh 95 157 251 201 220 0 28 0 38 0 57 0 48 0 56 native american or alaska native alone nh 725 303 172 97 98 2 13 0 72 0 39 0 23 0 25 asian alone nh 165 419 228 226 200 0 48 0 99 0 52 0 54 0 51 native hawaiian or pacific islander alone nh 30 28 19 0 07 0 07 0 05 other race alone nh 116 128 19 56 106 0 34 0 30 0 04 0 13 0 27 mixed race or multiracial nh x x 137 60 124 x x 0 31 0 14 0 31 hispanic or latino any race 21 956 37 075 41 132 40 271 37 994 64 36 87 53 93 37 95 72 96 18 total 34 117 42 355 44 054 42 072 39 501 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 2020 census edit as of the 2020 census bell gardens had a population of 39 501 and a population density of 16 063 8 inhabitants per square mile 6 202 3 km 2 45 the census reported that 98 6 of the population lived in households 0 7 lived in non institutionalized group quarters and 0 7 were institutionalized 45 100 0 of residents lived in urban areas while 0 0 lived in rural areas 46 the median age was 31 9 years 26 9 of residents were under the age of 18 11 9 were 18 to 24 29 0 were 25 to 44 23 0 were 45 to 64 and 9 3 were 65 years of age or older for every 100 females there were 99 0 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95 9 males age 18 and over 45 there were 9 957 households of which 53 2 had children under the age of 18 living in them 47 8 were married couple households 10 6 were cohabiting couple households 25 8 had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 15 8 had a male householder with no spouse or partner present about 9 5 of all households were made up of individuals and 3 3 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older the average household size was 3 91 there were 8 498 families comprising 85 3 of all households 45 47 there were 10 192 housing units at an average density of 4 144 8 units per square mile 1 600 3 units km 2 of which 2 3 were vacant the homeowner vacancy rate was 0 0 and the rental vacancy rate was 1 6 of the 9 957 occupied housing units 23 5 were owner occupied and 76 5 were occupied by renters 45 racial composition as of the 2020 census...