Compton, California

Compton is a city in the Gateway Cities region of southern Los Angeles County, California, in the United States, south of downtown Los Angeles. It is one of the oldest cities in the county and in May 1888 was the eighth city in Los Angeles County to incorporate. The land came from the Domínguez family's holdings, whose claim was validated with the Mexican government at 48,000 acres in 1828 and by a United States patent for 43,119 acres in 1858, and the Domínguez name is still used across the area. Griffith D. Compton donated land for the new city and stipulated that part of it stay zoned for agriculture, which survives as Richland Farms. The city is known as the Hub City because of its geographic centrality in the county, and its neighbourhoods include Sunny Cove, Leland, downtown Compton and Richland Farms. Its total area is about 10.1 square miles, and the 2020 census counted 95,740 residents.