Granada Hills, Ca History

Granada Hills is a district in Los Angeles, California, region of the City of Los Angeles, California.

Chatsworth Street & Zelzah Avenue

It is located just north of the North Hills district, west of the Mission Hills and Sylmar districts, and just east of the Northridge and Porter Ranch districts. It is accessible by the Ronald Reagan (FWY 118), San Diego ( Interstate 405), and Golden State (interstate 5) Freeways. Major thoroughfares include Balboa Boulevard, Woodley, Hayvenhurst, and Haskell Avenues, as well as Rinaldi Street, San Fernando Mission Boulevard, Chatsworth Street, and Devonshire Street.
In 1916, the San Fernando Valley's first oil well was drilled in what is now Granada Hills. The oil well was located at the northern tip of Zelzah Avenue. Granada Hills was founded in 1927 (as "Granada;" the "Hills" was added 15 years later) and started out as a dairy farm and orchard known as the Sunshine Ranch. Among the crops harvested here as the nation prepared for the Roaring '20s were apricots, oranges, walnuts and beans. Vestiges of former citrus groves can still be seen as small groups of orange, lemon or grapefruit trees in some residential yards. A more detailed history can be found via the Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce
According to the 2000 San Fernando Valley Almanac, Granada Hills has a population of 68,748 and 16,268 households. As of June 2007, the median home price is $642,200 [1]. The population demography is 45.2% Caucasian, 33% Latino, 17.1% Asian, and 4.3% African American. The community spans 15.5 square miles (40 km²).