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Machado refers to three locations in Los Angeles, California, all named for the rancho-era Machado family. Machado is a name derived from Portuguese, meaning "hatchet", The family may have used a hatchet to mark their lands: An 1855 real estate description mentions a "cottonwood tree marked with cuts of a hatchet."
(1) Machado is a former rail stop in
Machado refers to three locations in Los Angeles, California, all named for the rancho-era Machado family. Machado is a name derived from Portuguese, meaning "hatchet", The family may have used a hatchet to mark their lands: An 1855 real estate description mentions a "cottonwood tree marked with cuts of a hatchet."
(1) Machado is a former rail stop in Los Angeles County
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, California
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. It laid at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). Machado was a stop on the Venice–Inglewood Line
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just north of Alla Junction; the line, which dated to the late 19th century, was lightly used for both passengers and freight. Machado still appeared on USGS
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maps as of 1934.
(2) Machado post office was organized circa 1878 when an application was made to the Post Office Department. The new Machado post office station was located northwest quarter section 12 township 2W range 15 west, half a mile north of Ballona Creek and one mile west of La Ballona station.Machado post office La Ballona Station LAIRR 1878 Culver City, 22 May 1878, Microfilm M1126, Post Office Department Records of Site Locations, 1837–1955 (683 rolls). M1126 has been digitized and made available online through the National Archives Catalog (National Archives Identifier 608210). Roll 55: California, Los Angeles, M–Z https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68228967?objectPage=4
(3) Machado Lake was a 19th century name for Bixby Slough, now Harbor Regional Park lake.
See also
*Alla, California
Alla is a former streetcar station and archaic place name located near Marina del Rey, California, Marina del Rey in the Westside (Los Angeles County), Westside region of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California.
The former ...
* Motordrome, California
* Alsace, California
* Cypress Grove, California
References
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