More about Norwalk California

Norwalk is a suburb in Los Angeles County and is home to an estimated 107,698 residents as of 2009. The area was founded in the late 1800s and was officially incorporated as a city in 1957. Prior to the 1950s, the area had a large Dutch population who were connected to the many dairy farms in the city. There is a plaque in the city that commemorates a fatal plane accident that took place in 1958. One night in February, two military aircraft, a Douglas C-118,a military transport and a Navy P2V-5F Neptune patrol bomber, collided over Norwalk. 48 people were killed, 47 being servicemen and one, a 23-year-old woman on the ground who had been hit by falling debris. The plaque was erected by the American Legion in 1961 on the spot of the accident to remind everyone of that night. The city is also home to the Hargitt House, built in 1891, it is a Victorian Eastlake that was donated to the residents of Norwalk by Charles and Ida Hargitt. The house now functions as a museum and is open to the public every first and third Saturday. As of now, Norwalk is a contract city and is provided with police services by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department; the city maintains its own station which provides services to La Mirada and South Whittier which is unincorporated. Norwalk is also home to the Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder, which is responsible for the registration of voters, maintenance of files, conduct of special elections on the state, federal and local levels, and also the verification of initiative, referendum and recall petitions. The office also oversees marriage license issuance, civil union ceremonies, and business name filings. The city also has several means of transportation for residents and commuters. The city has at least four freeways running through it; the Santa Ana Freeway, San Gabriel River Freeway, Century Freeway, and the Artesia Freeway. The city also has the Cerritos on Wheels program which provides bus services to Cerritos College and several other stops, the Norwalk Transit bus line, the Long Beach Transit bus line, the Los Angeles MTA which provides bus and rail service and finally the Metrolink which connects Norwalk with Orange County, Riverside County and Downtown L.A.