City of Compton
City of Compton is a locality in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. City of Compton is situated nearby to the locality Willow Brook, as well as near the hamlet East Rancho Dominguez.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Compton/Woodley Airport and Artesia station.
Compton/Woodley Airport
Aerodrome
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Compton/Woodley Airport is a public airport in Compton, southern Los Angeles County, California, 2 miles southwest of Downtown Compton. It is the oldest continuously operating airport in the Los Angeles basin.
Artesia station
Railway station
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Artesia station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision, at its intersection with Artesia Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California.
Compton station
Railway station
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Compton station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision, at its intersection with Compton Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Compton and Lynwood.
Compton
Compton is one of the Gateway Cities of Los Angeles, and is mainly known for being the birthplace of rappers Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, NWA, DJ Quik, and The Game, as well as of professional tennis players Serena and Venus Williams.
Lynwood
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Lynwood is in the Gateway Cities region of Los Angeles County, California. It is probably best known for being the hometown of "Weird Al" Yankovic.
South Los Angeles
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South Los Angeles is a large region of Los Angeles made up of the neighborhoods south of Downtown L.A. This is a relatively impoverished area of the city, infamous for gang violence and for being the epicenter of major race riots in the 1960s and 1990s.
City of Compton
- Type: Locality with 96,500 residents
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.893° or 33° 53′ 35″ northLongitude
-118.2275° or 118° 13′ 39″ westPopulation
96,500Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
8553VQVC+5XGeoNames ID
7173223
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Highlights include Compton High School and Compton Towne Center Shopping Center.
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