11 Facts About Duarte California

Much of what is known of early Duarte California is known only from the detailed descriptions recorded by Crespi.

Corporal Duarte California had the local Indians build a small hut for his family and help him plant a kitchen garden and orchards near "the Indian Springs of the Asuksas" .

Corporal Duarte California began incurring legal expenses and other debts, which he defrayed by selling portions of his Rancho.

Corporal Duarte California divided much of the Rancho's remainder into 40-acre plots and sold them individually.

Corporal Duarte California finally won a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court for his land grant case in 1878, but by then he had sold the entire Rancho.

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English settlers, Americans from the Midwest and Deep South, Latinos who remained from the Rancho and Japanese immigrants enabled Duarte California to grow into a thriving agricultural community specializing in citrus production.

Still, many ties between the two communities remain in that they both form the Duarte California Unified School District; they both share the same post office and the 91008 ZIP code; and they both share combined public services such as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department, and garbage pickup .

The City of Duarte California is geographically isolated from population centers to the east and south due to the San Gabriel River and rock quarry operations in Irwindale and Azusa.

Duarte California has a council-manager government with a city council whose seven members are directly elected by residents.

Duarte California has its own in-house "Department of Public Safety", where its officers are assigned mainly with issuing citations for various violation of the city's Municipal Code, as well as issuance of dog licenses and bicycle permits.

Duarte California community news are provided by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Duarte California Dispatch, which is a weekly community newspaper published by Beacon Media News.