La Loma is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...

in central

Modesto, California Modesto () is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,464 at the 2020 census, it is the 19th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Sacramento-Stockton- ...

. The earliest accounts of La Loma attribute to a small settlement called "Ripperdan" that flourished in 1871, until its demise in the 1900s. The neighborhood was named after La Loma Avenue that diagonally intersects the area. The name ''la loma'' means "the hill" in

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. Other Spanish names located in the neighborhood are ''El Río'', ''La Sombra'', ''Buenavista'', ''Bonita'', ''Cuesta'', ''Las Flores'', ''Santa Rosa'', ''Roble'', ''Las Palmas'', and ''Escuelita''. This area is recognized by the City of Modesto as a neighborhood within city limits, named La Loma Neighborhood.

External links

La Loma Neighborhood Homepage
Neighborhoods in Modesto, California {{StanislausCountyCA-geo-stub