Llano (
Spanish for "
plain
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") is an
unincorporated community
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located in
Los Angeles County, California
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, United States, near the
San Bernardino County
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line.
History
''Llano'' is a name derived from Spanish meaning "plain".
The ruins of
Llano del Rio are still extant along Highway 138 east of 165th Street East. The socialist community moved and Llano del Rio was abandoned in 1918, leaving behind the "ghost" of an alternative future for Los Angeles.
[Mike Davis, City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, Verso Books, 1990, 472 pp., ISBN 978-0860913030]
Geography
Llano is located about southeast of
Palmdale in the
Antelope Valley
The Antelope Valley is a valley primarily located in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, Kern County, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated ...
portion of
Southern California
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. The town of
Pearblossom lies to the west, while the town of
Piñon Hills lies to the east. It is a few miles from the
San Gabriel Mountains
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Pearblossom Highway (as State Route 18), and
Pearblossom Highway (as State Route 138) runs through the heart of Llano and is its 2 principal streets.
Notable residents
*
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley ( ; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction novel, non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems.
Born into the ...
's former home, now
Pearblossom Picture Ranch, a
filming location
References
Unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, California
Antelope Valley
Populated places in the Mojave Desert
Unincorporated communities in California
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