Hawthorne, California, United States

🇺🇸 Hawthorne is a city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in south-western Los Angeles County, California. It is part of a seventeen-city region commonly called the South Bay.

History Hawthorne was founded in 1905 as the "Hawthorne Improvement Company" by B.L. Harding and H.D. Lombard. Harding's daughter shared her birthday—the 4th of July, American Independence Day—with New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and a decision was made to name the city after him.

Hawthorne was once a "whites only" settlement, commonly called a sundown town. During the 1930s, signs warned African-Americans to be out of Hawthorne by sundown.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 6.1 square miles (16 km²), over 99% of it land.

To the north of Hawthorne is the unincorporated community of Lennox and the city of Inglewood. To the east is the unincorporated community of Athens and the city of Gardena. To the south is the unincorporated community of El Camino Village, and the cities of Lawndale and Redondo Beach. Manhattan Beach is at the south-west corner of Hawthorne. To the west is the city of El Segundo, and the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westchester is to the north-west of Hawthorne. Hawthorne surrounds the unincorporated community of Del Aire on three sides.

The Century Freeway (Glenn Anderson Freeway, I-105) runs along the northern boundary of Hawthorne, with the C Line light rail line running down the centre of the Century Freeway. The San Diego Freeway (I-405) runs along the western boundary of Hawthorne. Major east–west streets in Hawthorne include Rosecrans Avenue, El Segundo Boulevard, and Imperial Highway. Major north–south streets include Aviation Boulevard, Inglewood Avenue, Hawthorne Boulevard, Prairie Avenue, Crenshaw Boulevard, and Van Ness Avenue.

Hawthorne is five miles (8 km) from the Los Angeles International Airport.

Hawthorne comprises ZIP codes 90250 and 90251. It is in the 310 area code, except for a small portion of north-eastern Hawthorne, which is located in the 323 area code.

Economy As of 2022 the city is known as a centre for the space industry and hosts numerous space related private companies, industries and startups. The relatively large number of aerospace engineers and technicians, history of established aerospace companies, and the presence of SpaceX has facilitated the development of space engineering industry cluster in the city.

Economy: Top employers ccording to a recent Financial Report, the top employers in the city include: 1 SpaceX; 2 Amazon Fulfillment Center; 3 Hawthorne School District; 4 Wiseburn Unified School District; 5 City of Hawthorne; 6 Home Depot; 7 OSI Systems; 8 Expeditors; 9 Teledyne Relays; 10 Target.

Besides the current top employers, the following businesses are currently located in Hawthorne: • Century Media Records, independent rock label. • Tesla, Inc. has its design centre at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport. • Konami Digital Entertainment has its US offices in Hawthorne. • Arch Motorcycle is headquartered in Hawthorne. • Mynaric has an office and laboratory in Hawthorne.

Education: Universities Los Angeles Community College District • Los Angeles Southwest College (in an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County) • El Camino College.

Media The Hawthorne Press Tribune is the community newspaper for the City of Hawthorne.

Infrastructure The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Curtis Tucker Health Center in Inglewood, serving Hawthorne.

The United States Postal Service Hawthorne Post Office is located at 12700 Inglewood Avenue.