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Hyde Park is a district in South Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California.
HistoryHyde Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Los Angeles. It was established in 1887 as a stop on the Santa Fe Railroad's Harbor Subdivision, which ran from Downtown Los Angeles to the port at Wilmington in a westward loop.[citations needed] It was incorporated as a city in 1922, with its own government, but on May 17, 1923, its 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) was consolidated with the larger city after a favorable vote by Hyde Park residents. The city of Hyde Park was bordered by 60th Street on the north, Van Ness Avenue on the east, and the city of Inglewood on the south and west. (Sources: Annexation and Detachment Map, City of Los Angeles, 2005, and Leonard Pitt and Dale Pitt, Los Angeles A to Z, 1997, page 214). Hyde Park grew slowly until the 1920s, during which time developers erected thousands of single-family houses and duplexes along its streets (many of which were replaced by apartment buildings in the 1950s and 1960s). During the 1960s, it became a predominantly African-American area, which it has remained into the 21st century. DemographicsHyde Park is a majority black area, as is most of this portion of Los Angeles.The population is around 37,000. As of 2006, the racial make up of Hyde Park was 1.63% White, 68.73% Black, 0.38% American Indian & Alaskan Native alone, 0.71% Asian, 0.06% Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander alone, 17.11% some other race, 3.95% two or more races, and 27.32% Hispanic of any race. EducationResidents are served by the Los Angeles Unified School District through two schools:
See alsoHyde Park Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.
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