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38-488: Hacienda Heights sits on land that was originally part of Rancho La Puente . During Spanish rule, the land around Hacienda Heights was operated by the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in San Gabriel . The Rancho was eventually acquired by John A. Rowland and William Workman in 1845 via a Mexican land grant , and eventually acquired by Elias "Lucky" Baldwin in the mid-1870s. In 1912, his descendant, Anita Baldwin, sold

76-633: A claim before a commission for adjudication. Approvals were automatically appealed by the federal government to the federal courts, as far as the United Supreme Court. A claim for Rancho La Puente was filed with the Public Land Commission in Fall 1852 when the commission held proceedings in Los Angeles, but after the land commission approved the claim two years later, the government appealed to

114-400: A population of 54,038. The population density was 4,832.4 inhabitants per square mile (1,865.8/km). The racial makeup of Hacienda Heights was 38% White (12.6% Non-Hispanic White), 1.1% African American , 0.3% Native American , 39.3% Asian , 0.3% Pacific Islander , and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 46%. The census reported that 53,928 people (99.8% of

152-612: A residential or bedroom community . In 1960, the Hacienda Heights Branch of the Los Angeles County Public Library opened. The following year, in 1961, the area was renamed Hacienda Heights. In 1964, the local newspaper, the Hacienda Heights Highlander , was established. The hills surrounding Hacienda Heights have a history of brush fires, especially in 1978, 1989, and 2020. Hacienda Heights

190-402: A specialized term for demographers. CBS commentator Charles Osgood composed a verse which includes There's nothing that I wouldn't do If you would be my POSSLQ You live with me and I with you, And you will be my POSSLQ. I'll be your friend and so much more; That's what a POSSLQ is for. Elliot Sperber, the writer of The Hartford Courant ' s weekly cryptogram , invented

228-535: A temporary shelter through the winter of 1841-42 and then constructed an adobe the following summer, believed to have been three rooms. The adobe was expanded to ten rooms in two southward-facing wings by 1856 and then remodeled with the addition of brick rooms at the corners and on a new second floor, this work being completed by 1870. Workman, also a highly successful cattle rancher and farmer, entered business activities (real estate, oil, and banking, among others) with his son-in-law, Francisco P. Temple (F. P. F.), and

266-660: A term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households. After the 1980 Census , the term gained currency in the wider culture for a time. After demographers observed the increasing frequency of cohabitation over the 1980s, the Census Bureau began directly asking respondents to their major surveys whether they were "unmarried partners", thus making obsolete

304-402: A trophy that resembles a wagon wheel. Rancho La Puente Rancho La Puente was a ranch in the southern San Gabriel Valley that measured just under 49,000 acres (200 km ), and remained intact from its establishment in the late 1700s as an outpost of Mission San Gabriel until about 1870. By modern landmarks, the ranch extended from San Gabriel River on the west to just west of

342-653: Is in the eastern San Gabriel Valley bordering City of Industry to the North, Whittier to the West, La Habra Heights to the South, and Rowland Heights to the East along the Pomona Freeway - Route 60 . Hacienda Heights is a predominantly residential neighborhood. According to the United States Census Bureau , the community has a total area of 11.2 square miles (29 km), of which only 0.06%

380-708: Is water. Hacienda Heights also has the Puente Hills forming its ' green belt ' southern border and much of its western border. The highest point is Workman Hill at 1,391 feet (424 m). Coyotes are common concern among residents. The 2020 United States Census reported that Hacienda Heights had a population of 54,191. The racial makeup of Hacienda Heights was 26.6% White (12.3% Non-Hispanic White), 0.8% African American , 1.1% Native American , 41.7% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , and 9.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 43.2%. The 2010 United States Census reported that Hacienda Heights had

418-660: The 57 Freeway on the east and from Ramona Boulevard/San Bernardino Road on the north to the Puente Hills on the south. All but 40 acres (160,000 m ), which fall within Orange County , are within Los Angeles County . The present communities of Avocado Heights , Bassett , Baldwin Park , San Dimas , Rowland Heights , Hacienda Heights , City of Industry , La Puente , Walnut , Covina , West Covina , and small sections of South El Monte and Irwindale are contained within

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456-615: The Mexican-American War , the article of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , which would have provided that Spanish and Mexican-era land grants be honored, was stricken at the insistence of President James K. Polk and Congress. With the onset of the Gold Rush and the arrival of tens of thousands of Americans to California, disputes over rancho lands became significant. Consequently, Congress passed legislation on 3 March 1851 requiring holders of Spanish and Mexican land titles to file

494-722: The San Gabriel Valley ), the group headed northwest and camped near a large stream (now the San Gabriel River ). Father Juan Crespi noted in his diary that the expedition had to build a bridge ("la puente") to cross the stream because the channel was so miry. That first bridge, and later more permanent bridges across the river, gave the area its name. The Rancho La Puente was created as one of many outlying ranchos operated by Mission San Gabriel from its founding in 1771 at Whittier Narrows and its relocation to its current site within four years. The Mexican government secularized

532-671: The Industry Station in the City of Industry , serving Hacienda Heights. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Pomona Health Center in Pomona , serving Hacienda Heights. In 2003, voters were asked to decide whether the community should incorporate and become a city. Proponents argued that a new city would be able to better control development and provide increased police and fire service, while opponents argued that

570-572: The Puente Hills Habitat Authority. The "Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority" supports public enjoyment and access of the nearby parkland in the Puente Hills . Some of the hiking trails they offer are Hacienda Hills, Sycamore Canyon, Turnbull Canyon and Hellman Park. Hsi Lai Temple (meaning "Coming West"), a branch of Fo Guang Shan of Taiwan , is the largest Buddhist temple in North America. The temple

608-753: The capital at Monterey and petitioned Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado for the Rancho La Puente. The grant was finalized in March with boundaries specified as ".... being on the East bounded by El Chino and San Jose, and on the West by the River San Gabriel on the North by the land of Don Luis Arenas, and on the South by the lands of the Senor [Juan] Perez of the los Nietos and los Coyotes ...." or "more or less" four square leagues, or 17,740-acre (71.8 km ) . Strangely, William Workman, who had been implicated in what

646-583: The courts on the ground that the Pico grant was not legitimate. The federal government had every right to be suspicious of claims to land especially when grants presumably had taken place following Pico's ascendency to governor and the occupation by the US. People presented claims for land the proceedings of which were not reflected in the government records. At the Los Angeles federal district court, Rowland and Workman won two separate appeals, in 1856 and 1862, and it appeared that

684-654: The first private grist mill in the county in 1847, mainly concerned himself with cattle ranching and farming, achieving great success. He died in October 1873 and was buried at the El Campo Santo Cemetery established by Workman. His many heirs took over, but over the years land was sold off, including for the creation of the towns of La Puente and Covina during the famed Boom of the Eighties (1886–88). William Workman , whose family accompanied him to California, lived in

722-510: The government was going to take the matter to the Supreme Court. The Civil War years saw the claim in limbo and Rowland hired an attorney to secure a patent. Finally, in April 1867, the lawyer's efforts were successful and the patent patented was issued. With the patent secured and La Puente's owners approaching their seventies, the two decided, in 1868, to formally partition the rancho, leaving

760-517: The grant extended the size of the rancho to the maximum allowed under Mexican land law, eleven square leagues, or 48,790.55 acres (197.4484 km ). When Rowland submitted an affidavit claiming (unbelievably) that Workman was inadvertently left off the earlier grant, Pico officially added Workman as co-owner. After the conquest of the Mexican department of Alta California by the United States during

798-614: The missions in the middle 1830s, at which time the mission ranchos passed into private ownership. At the end of 1841, a group of travelers and settlers arrived in the Los Angeles area from New Mexico , now referred to as the Workman-Rowland Party. Led by American John A. Rowland (ca. 1797-1873) and British native William Workman (1799–1876), the expedition contained American, European, and New Mexican members who settled throughout California. Rowland traveled, in early 1842, to

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836-545: The new city would increase taxes and redevelop residential neighborhoods for revenue-generating businesses. Most of the prime commercial land had already been annexed by the City of Industry to escape taxes levied by the County on unincorporated areas. Ultimately the measure failed by about a 2-1 margin. The city is served by the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District . Glenelder Elementary School

874-471: The old boundaries of Rancho La Puente. The name "La Puente" originates from the Spanish Portola Expedition of 1769-1770, the first land-based exploration of Alta California by Europeans. In July, 1769 the party came north through "la abra" (later altered into La Habra ), "an opening" or pass through the Puente Hills . Descending down into a valley the expedition dubbed "San Miguel" (now

912-425: The old method of counting cohabitors, which involved a series of assumptions about "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters". The category "unmarried partner" first appeared in the 1990 Census , and was incorporated into the monthly Current Population Survey starting in 1995. By the late 1990s, the term POSSLQ had fallen out of general usage (having been replaced by " significant other ") and returned to being

950-649: The population) lived in households, 70 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 40 (0.1%) were institutionalized. There were 16,193 households, out of which 6,185 (38.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 10,151 (62.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,331 (14.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,024 (6.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 555 (3.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 93 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 2,111 households (13.0%) were made up of individuals, and 1,047 (6.5%) had someone living alone who

988-424: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 11,739 people (21.7%) lived in rental housing units. Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2013–2017 was $ 545,400 with medium gross rent of $ 1,734. West of Hacienda Heights is the former Puente Hills Landfill , which was at one time the largest landfill in the U.S. until its closure in 2013. It is now used as a gas-to-energy facility, as well as part of

1026-581: The property to Edwin Hart and Jet Torrance. In 1913 the pair subdivided the area and named it North Whittier Heights, which became known for avocado , citrus and walnut orchards. However, from the Great Depression era to the early 1940s, citrus growing became unprofitable because of pests and diseases, setting the impetus for the area's transformation into a suburb . Accelerating in the 1950s, suburban residential development transformed Hacienda Heights into

1064-636: The rancho era are the Workman House (1842 adobe and 1870 brick additions), El Campo Santo Cemetery (1850s with 1919-21 renovations), and a water tower (ca. 1880s)--all on the grounds of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum and the John A. Rowland House (1855), now undergoing long-awaited renovations under the auspices of the Historical Society of La Puente Valley. There is also an 1880s adobe house that

1102-520: The two men exact allotments of hill and valley land, so that Rowland mainly occupied the northern and eastern part and Workman the western and central portions. Rowland, who returned to New Mexico in 1842 to bring his family back to California, built an adobe on the north side of San Jose Creek the following year. A dozen years later, he razed the structure and built, across the creek, a brick Greek Revival two-story house (the John A. Rowland House ) for his second wife, Charlotte M. Gray. Rowland, who built

1140-629: The two were the wealthiest individuals in Los Angeles County during the first half of the 1870s, during which the first growth boom experienced in the region took place. When the economy turned sour, however, and the Temple and Workman bank collapsed, Workman, who had mortgaged most of his portion of La Puente for a loan from Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin of San Francisco, lost everything and took his own life in May 1876. Workman's house and 70 acres (280,000 m )

1178-403: Was 40.1 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males. There were 16,650 housing units at an average density of 1,488.9 per square mile (574.9/km), of which 12,720 (78.6%) were owner-occupied, and 3,473 (21.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.6%. 42,189 people (78.1% of

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1216-416: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33. There were 13,506 families (83.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.59. The CDP population contained 11,864 people (22.0%) under the age of 18, 5,184 people (9.6%) aged 18 to 24, 13,597 people (25.2%) aged 25 to 44, 15,071 people (27.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 8,322 people (15.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

1254-452: Was built by John Rowland's son, William R. Rowland , and is under the ownership of the City of Walnut and is at Lemon Creek Bicentennial Park. 34°01′48″N 117°57′36″W  /  34.030°N 117.960°W  / 34.030; -117.960 POSSLQ POSSLQ ( / ˈ p ɒ s əl k j uː / POSS -əl- KYOO , plural POSSLQs ) is an abbreviation (or acronym ) for " Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters ",

1292-439: Was claimed to be an assassination attempt of New Mexico's governor during a period in which the independent Republic of Texas plotted to annex most of that territory, was not included in the original grant, although a document was issued by Alvarado at the time of the grant, extending the rights and privileges of use of the rancho to Workman. This document is in the collection of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum but

1330-478: Was completed in 1988 and encompasses 15 acres (61,000 m) and a floor area of 102,432 sq ft (9,516 m). The temple's Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and Qing dynasty (1644–1911) architecture is faithful to the traditional style of buildings, Chinese gardens , and statuary of ancient Chinese monasteries. Hsi Lai was built to serve as a spiritual and cultural center for Buddhism and Chinese culture . The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department operates

1368-597: Was merged with Cedarlane and Shadybend was closed down, too. Since 1966, St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Hacienda Heights has hosted a carnival event called "Early California Days", (also known as 'Harvest in the Heights') usually held for a week each summer. The festivities consists of rides, games, food, music and a grand raffle with cash prizes. Since the 1970s, there has been an annual football derby between rival high schools, Los Altos and Glen A. Wilson for control of

1406-571: Was never submitted to the Land Commission to determine the validity of a Rowland and Workman claim to the land. After Workman, as captain, and Rowland, as lieutenant, of an American and European military contingent helped Pio Pico defeat Governor Manuel Micheltorena in an armed standoff at Cahuenga Pass near Los Angeles in February 1845, Pico issued a new grant to Rancho La Puente. Made in July 1845,

1444-496: Was sold back to the Temple family by Baldwin in 1880—today's Workman and Temple Family Homestead is the 6-acre (24,000 m ) remnant of this property. Baldwin retained ownership of thousands of acres of Workman's former holdings until his death in 1909, though some land, notably for the town of Baldwin Park , was sold. In 1911, Baldwin's estate sold off more La Puente land for the subdivision of North Whittier Heights, now Hacienda Heights . The remaining historic sites left from

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