Rancho Dominguez is an unincorporated community in
Los Angeles County, California
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Rancho Dominguez is located between the cities of
Compton,
Long Beach
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Incorporat ...
and
Carson.
The communities of unincorporated Rancho Dominguez are: Rancho Dominguez,
East Rancho Dominguez, and
West Rancho Dominguez. Prior to earlier partitioning, Rancho Dominguez also contained the sites of the cities of
Compton,
Carson and a portion of
North Long Beach.
History
Originally Rancho Dominguez was a small part of the Spanish land grant
Rancho San Pedro
Rancho San Pedro was one of the first California land grants and the first to win a patent from the United States. The Spanish Crown granted the of land to soldier Juan José Domínguez in 1784, with his descendants validating their legal clai ...
, from the King of Spain in 1784.
The
Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum on South Alameda Avenue is the historic ranch home of land grantee Juan Dominguez and
Manuel Dominguez
Don Manuel Domínguez (1803–1882) was a Californio ranchero, politician, and a signer of the Californian Constitution in 1849. He served as two terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (mayor). He was one of the largest landowners in Southern Califo ...
, the men for whom the area is named. The Dominguez family lived in the home until the 1920s and it is now a retirement home for
Claretian Catholic priests.
In the late 1800s most of the southern part of Rancho Dominguez and the land leading down to the Los Angeles Harbor was acquired by the railroad industry. Today these railroad tracks are used for the same purpose, and is a valuable tie between the
Port of Los Angeles
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and
Downtown Los Angeles
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Rancho Dominguez was home to
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH, CSU Dominguez Hills, or Cal State Dominguez Hills) is a public university in Carson, California. It was founded in 1960 and is part of the California State University (CSU) system.
In 2020, ...
. However, when Carson gained cityhood in 1968, it incorporated the Dominguez Hills section of Rancho Dominguez within its city boundaries.
Present day
The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department (LASD) from the Carson Sheriff Station patrols West Rancho Dominguez and Rancho Dominguez. East Rancho Dominguez is patrolled by the Compton Sheriff Station.
Developments
The Dominguez area south of Compton along South Alameda includes the
Dominguez Rancho Adobe, the community known as Dominguez, Dominguez Elementary, Dominguez Park, and
Rancho Dominguez Preparatory School.
Annexation issues
The city of Compton has tried multiple times to annex East Rancho Dominguez, sometimes known as East Compton, and it shares Compton's ZIP code of 90221.
West Rancho Dominguez shares that same ZIP code but Compton has no interest in annexing that part of unincorporated Los Angeles County due to environmental waste issues with industries and businesses in that region.
The Community of Rancho Dominguez south of Compton is a warehousing and transportation industry area that collects significant tax revenue for the County of Los Angeles.
References
See also
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Battle of Dominguez Rancho
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Dominguez Hills (mountain range)
The Dominguez Hills are a low mountain range in the Transverse Ranges, in southern Los Angeles County, California. They are named for the locally prominent Californio family of Manuel Dominguez, which owned Rancho San Pedro.
They are between t ...
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Unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles Harbor Region
Unincorporated communities in California