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Welcome to Brentwood Park ...

Brentwood Park is located in Los Angeles County<1>.


The location of Brentwood Park has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Brentwood Park, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

Brentwood Park is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Brentwood Park lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Brentwood Park: (310) and (424)<4>

Communities Also Named Brentwood Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Brentwood Park: This one is located in Los Angeles County and the other is located in Tuolumne County.

Beyond California, there are 7 communities that are also named Brentwood Park - they are located in British Columbia, Florida, Maryland, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brentwood Park.

Communities near Brentwood Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brentwood Park.

  • Los Angeles
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Glendale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Glendale is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,747 people
    • Former name for Glendale:
    • Tropico
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendale <5>
  • Torrance
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrance
    • Torrance is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,553 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Torrance <5>
  • Inglewood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Burbank
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
    • Burbank is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burbank <5>
  • Compton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
    • Compton is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,967 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Compton <5>
  • South Gate
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Carson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
    • Carson is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,860 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carson <5>
  • Hawthorne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lynwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood
    • Lynwood is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,508 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynwood <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Brentwood Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brentwood Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brentwood Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brentwood Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brentwood Park. See our Newspapers Page for Brentwood Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brentwood Park ...

Looking for more information about Brentwood Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Brentwood Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brentwood Park.

Adding Brentwood Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brentwood Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Brentwood Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Brentwood Park post office opened in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brentwood Park.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brentwood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Los Angeles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brentwood Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (424) is an overlay for area code (310).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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