![]() ![]() The San Diego Freeway ( I-405) runs along the western boundary of Hawthorne. The Century Freeway ( Glenn Anderson Freeway, I-105) runs along the northern boundary of Hawthorne, with the LACMTA Green Line light rail line running down the center of the Century Freeway. The unincorporated community of Del Aire is surrounded on three sides by Hawthorne. To the west is the city of El Segundo, and the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westchester is to the northwest of Hawthorne. Manhattan Beach is at the southwest corner of Hawthorne. To the south is the unincorporated community of El Camino Village, and the cities of Lawndale and Redondo Beach. To the east is the unincorporated community of Athens and the city of Gardena. To the north of Hawthorne is the unincorporated community of Lennox and the city of Inglewood. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 6.1 square miles (16 km 2), over 99% of it land. During the 1930s, signs warned African-Americans to be out of Hawthorne by sundown. Hawthorne was once a "whites only" settlement, commonly called a sundown town. 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 founded in 1905 as the "Hawthorne Improvement Company" by B.L. Hawthorne was originally part of Rancho Sausal Redondo, granted in 1837 to Antonio Ygnacio Ávila, of the prominent Ávila family of California.
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