La Mirada, California

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Local Information for La Mirada, CA

Latitude: 33.90213 -- Longitude: -118.009663

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La Mirada is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 46,783 at the 2000 census. It is best known as the home of Biola University (formerly the Bible Institute of Los Angeles), an evangelical Christian institution of higher education. La Mirada ("The Look" or "The Gaze") was the creation of two men, Andrew McNally, a printer and mapmaker from Chicago (see Rand McNally) and his son-in-law Edwin Neff. In 1888, McNally purchased over 2200 acres (8.9 km²) of Rancho Los Coyotes, south of Los Angeles, for $200,000. He developed 700 acres (2.8 km²) into his own home called Windemere Ranch and surrounded it with olive, orange and lemon groves. McNally built a plant to process the olive oil, which was of the best quality, as well as a railroad station on Stage Road. From here his olive oil and fruit were shipped all over the U.S. -- Source: Wikipedia.com