Lynwood

Lynwood is in the region of Los Angeles County, . It is probably best known for being the hometown of "Weird Al" Yankovic.
  • Type: Town with 71,100 residents
  • Description: city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Lynwood (California)”, “Lynwood, CA”, “Lynwood, California”, “Lynwood, USA”, and “Линвуд (Калифорния)”
  • Postal code: 90262
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lynwood station and St. Francis Medical Center.

Railway station
Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.
is an elevated light rail station…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Compton and Willowbrook.

Photo: Epolk, CC BY 3.0.
is one of the of …

Suburb
, alternatively named Willow Brook… is situated 2½ miles west of Lynwood.

Hamlet
, also known as East Compton…

Lynwood

Latitude
33.9248° or 33° 55′ 29″ north
Longitude
-118.2024° or 118° 12′ 9″ west
Population
71,100
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
8553WQFX+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Lynwood” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لينووود”
  • Armenian: “Լինվուդ”
  • Asturian: “Lynwood”
  • Azerbaijani: “Linvud”
  • Basque: “Lynwood”
  • Belarusian: “Лінвуд”
  • Belarusian: “Лінўуд”
  • Bengali: “লেনউড”
  • Bulgarian: “Линуд”
  • Catalan: “Lynwood”
  • Cebuano: “Lynwood”
  • Chechen: “Линнвуд”
  • Chinese: “林伍德”
  • Croatian: “Lynwood”
  • Czech: “Lynwood”
  • Danish: “Lynwood”
  • Dutch: “Lynwood”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لينووود, لوس انجليس, كاليفورنيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لينووود”
  • Esperanto: “Lynwood”
  • Finnish: “Lynwood”
  • French: “Lynwood”
  • German: “Lynwood”
  • Gilaki: “لین‌وۊد”
  • Greek: “Λίνγουντ”
  • Gujarati: “લિનવૂડ”
  • Haitian: “Lynwood, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Lynwood”
  • Hebrew: “לינווד”
  • Hindi: “लिनवुड”
  • Hungarian: “Lynwood”
  • Iloko: “Lynwood”
  • Indonesian: “Lynwood”
  • Irish: “Lynwood”
  • Italian: “Lynwood”
  • Japanese: “リンウッド”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿನ್ ವುಡ್”
  • Korean: “린우드”
  • Ladin: “Lynwood”
  • Latin: “Lynwood”
  • Latvian: “Linvuda”
  • Lithuanian: “Linvudas”
  • Malagasy: “Lynwood, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Lynwood”
  • Malay: “Lynwood”
  • Malayalam: “ലിൻവുഡ്”
  • Marathi: “लिनवुड”
  • Mazanderani: “لینوود (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “لینوود”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lynwood”
  • Newari: “लीनवूड, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “लीनवूड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lynwood”
  • Norwegian: “Lynwood”
  • Persian: “لینوود، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “لینوود”
  • Polish: “Lynwood”
  • Portuguese: “Lynwood”
  • Romanian: “Lynwood, California”
  • Romanian: “Lynwood”
  • Russian: “Линвуд”
  • Scots: “Lynwood”
  • Serbian: “Linvud”
  • Serbian: “Линвуд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lynwood, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lynwood”
  • Silesian: “Lynwood”
  • Sinhala: “ලින්වුඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Lynwood”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لینوود، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Lynwood”
  • Swahili: “Lynwood, California”
  • Swahili: “Lynwood”
  • Swedish: “Lynwood, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Lynwood”
  • Tagalog: “Lynwood, California”
  • Tagalog: “Lynwood”
  • Tamil: “லின்வுட்”
  • Tatar: “Линнвуд”
  • Telugu: “లైనఁవూడ్”
  • Thai: “ลินวูด”
  • Turkish: “Lynwood, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Lynwood”
  • Ukrainian: “Лінвуд”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліннвуд”
  • Urdu: “لینووڈ، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Vietnamese: “Lynwood”
  • Volapük: “Lynwood”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lynwood, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lynwood”
  • Yoruba: “Lynwood, California”
  • Yoruba: “Lynwood”
  • “Lynwood”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lynwood Gardens and Morton.

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