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Welcome to Hawthorne ...

The city of Hawthorne is located in Los Angeles County<1>.

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

The city was incorporated July 12, 1922.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Hawthorne has a population of 84,707 people<2> (see below for details).

Hawthorne is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Hawthorne: 310 & 424<4>

The ZIP codes for Hawthorne: 90250-90251<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Hawthorne had an population of 84,707 people. This is an increase of 0.49% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 0.71% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Hawthorne had a population of 84,293 people. This makes Hawthorne the county's 21st most populous community.

The population of Hawthorne represents 0.23% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 87th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 84,293 people, the population of Hawthorne has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 84,112 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Hawthorne.

Communities Also Named Hawthorne ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Hawthorne - they are located in Connecticut, Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Michigan, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Hawthorne ...

Official Website: www.cityofhawthorne.com/

Communities near Hawthorne ...

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

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 Hawthorne. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hawthorne.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hawthorne. 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 Hawthorne.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawthorne. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Hawthorne.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hawthorne ...

Looking for more information about Hawthorne? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Hawthorne, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hawthorne.

Adding Hawthorne to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Hawthorne post office opened in 1908.

We also found Hawthorne mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hawthorne.

The official website for Hawthorne: www.cityofhawthorne.com/

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>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Hawthorne.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hawthorne - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 310 code has been Overlayed with the 424 area code. New phone numbers in the Hawthorne area will be assigned with one of these codes: 310 or 424. As a result, placing a call in the Hawthorne area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Hawthorne). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Hawthorne or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Hawthorne includes: 90250 & 90251.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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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