๐บ๐ธ Walnut is a city in the eastern part of Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. Money's Best Places to Live ranked Walnut #49.
The greater Walnut Valley is located between the steep San Jose Hills mountain range to the north, and the gentle Puente Hills to the south. The city is home to hundreds of businesses. According to the 2010 United States Census, Walnut has a median household income at one of the top earning percentiles in the country at $101,250.
The city's name is derived from the Rancho Los Nogales Mexican land grant, nogales being the Spanish word for "walnut trees"; the native California black walnut is a common tree, native to the San Jose Hills. The City of Walnut is a general law city incorporated on January 19, 1959. It is governed by a city council/city manager form of government. A five-member city council is elected by the residents, and a mayor is elected annually by the council to serve a twelve-month term. A city manager is appointed by the council to oversee the daily activities of the city.
Surrounding suburban cities โข Diamond Bar, California (which shares the same school district with Walnut) โข City of Industry, California โข Pomona, California.
History The area are the traditional lands of the Tongva people. Spanish missionaries who arrived in the 18th century called the indigenes Gabrieleรฑo, because the area where they lived was controlled by the San Gabriel Mission. The Walnut area was part of the network of outlying ranches used for the grazing of cattle and sheep by the Mission.
Following secularization of the missions in the 1830s, former mission lands were divided into ranchos, and given away as land grants by the Mexican government of Alta California. In the Walnut area, the first grants were Rancho San Jose (granted to Ricardo Vejar and Ygnacio Palomares in 1837); Rancho Los Nogales (granted to Jose De La Cruz Linares in 1840); and Rancho La Puente (granted to John Rowland and William Workman in 1842). In 1868, John Rowland and William Workman divided Rancho La Puente, leaving Rowland the eastern half and Workman the western half. Rowland's land included the western portion of Walnut and the adjacent community now called Rowland Heights. The land was used mainly for raising cattle and growing wheat, grapes, and fruit trees (mostly citrus).
In 1895, the first U.S. post office was established and given the name "Lemon". In 1908, the post office name was changed to Walnut. As a reminder of those early days, the U.S. Post Office is on Lemon Avenue, one of the town's main streets.
The City of Walnut's Bicentennial Commission selected the construction of Lemon Creek Park and the restoration of the William R. Rowland Adobe Redwood Ranch House as Walnut's bicentennial project. In 1872, the Lemon Creek Park area became the property of Sheriff William Rowland, who inherited the 29,000-acre (120ย kmยฒ) ranch from his father, John Rowland. The modest structure built in 1883 served as the home of Mr. Meridith, ranch foreman for William Rowland. The adobe redwood ranch house is one of the few remaining original ranch style redwood and adobe structures in the area. On October 1, 1975, the State Landmark Committee placed the W.R. Rowland ranch house in the National Registry of Historical Places.
Walnut Family Festival Walnut holds an annual Walnut Family Festival. On the day of festival, several streets in the area (such as portions of Lemon and La Puente) are closed in the morning and a parade is held in which many local clubs and groups participate. Later in the afternoon, a fair with booths, games, food, and activities is held in Suzanne Park, adjacent to Suzanne Middle School. The Walnut Family Festival usually occurs in early or mid-October.
Mt. SAC Relays Started in 1959, the Mt. SAC Relays are an annual track and field festival held primarily at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the Mt. San Antonio College campus. The April festival attracts many elite athletes from around the world to the city of Walnut. This meet and other elite track meets held at the stadium, including the 1968 Olympic Trials and two editions of the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships have emblazoned the identification of "Walnut, California" in numerous national records in athletics around the world. At various points in time, many world records were set at the Mt. SAC Relays.
The October Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational, run in the hills surrounding the stadium, proclaims itself to be the largest Cross Country meeting in the world. Much of the same course is used as the annual CIF Southern Section championships and the western qualifier for the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.
Geography Walnut is located on the southern slopes of the San Jose Hills, with West Covina to the north-west, Covina to the north, San Dimas to the north-east, Pomona to the east, Diamond Bar, Rowland Heights, and the City of Industry to the south, and La Puente to the west. Several small creeks (i.e. Snow Creek, Lemon Creek) run mostly to the south toward the valley of San Jose Creek, which runs west to the San Gabriel River.
Economy Shea Homes, and the United States divisions of the Filipino home video company Viva Video, Inc. and the Japanese card game company Bushiroad are based in Walnut.
Among the principal employers in the city are: Mount San Antonio College; Ninas Mexican Food, Inc.; Ronsin Photocopy Inc.; Recruiter Exchange Inc.; Edro Engineering Company, Inc.; Stater Brothers Market; Sodexo, Inc.; Vons.; Applebee's Neighborhood Grill; TJ Maxx.
Infrastructure The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Walnut/Diamond Bar Station in Walnut.
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Pomona Health Center in Pomona, serving Walnut.
Walnut has a population of over 29,685 people. Walnut also forms part of the wider Los Angeles metropolitan area which has a population of over 13,310,447 people. Walnut is situated 5 km north of Diamond Bar.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Walnut has links with:
๐ต๐ญ Calamba, Philippines ๐น๐ผ Shilin, Taiwan ๐จ๐ณ Yuyao, China๐บ๐ธ East Los Angeles 34.033
๐บ๐ธ Monterey Park 34.033
๐บ๐ธ Los Angeles 34.05
๐บ๐ธ West Covina 34.05
๐บ๐ธ Alpharetta 34.024
๐บ๐ธ Santa Monica 34.017
๐บ๐ธ Diamond Bar 34.009
๐บ๐ธ Hacienda Heights 34.003
๐บ๐ธ Orange County -117.853
๐บ๐ธ Newport Coast -117.833
๐บ๐ธ Yorba Linda -117.824
๐บ๐ธ Diamond Bar -117.814
๐บ๐ธ Lake Forest -117.717
๐บ๐ธ Aliso Viejo -117.705
๐บ๐ธ Laguna Niguel -117.7
๐บ๐ธ Newport Beach -117.872
๐บ๐ธ West Covina -117.911
๐บ๐ธ Costa Mesa -117.916
๐บ๐ธ Garden Grove -117.936
๐บ๐ธ Hacienda Heights -117.962
Locations Near: Walnut -117.867,34.0333
๐บ๐ธ West Covina -117.911,34.05 d: 4.5
๐บ๐ธ Diamond Bar -117.814,34.009 d: 5.6
๐บ๐ธ Azusa -117.9,34.117 d: 9.8
๐บ๐ธ Hacienda Heights -117.962,34.003 d: 9.4
๐บ๐ธ Baldwin Park -117.967,34.067 d: 9.9
๐บ๐ธ Pomona -117.75,34.055 d: 11
๐บ๐ธ La Habra -117.933,33.917 d: 14.3
๐บ๐ธ Yorba Linda -117.824,33.892 d: 16.3
Antipodal to: Walnut 62.133,-34.033
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๐ซ๐ท Saint-Pierre 55.478,-21.342 d: 18460.2
๐ฒ๐บ Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 18423.5
๐ฒ๐บ Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 18421.1
๐ซ๐ท Saint-Benoรฎt 55.713,-21.034 d: 18438.1
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๐ฒ๐บ Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 57.471,-20.235 d: 18413.5
๐ฒ๐บ St Pierre 57.517,-20.217 d: 18412.8
๐ฒ๐บ Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill 57.467,-20.233 d: 18413.2