South Gate, California

South Gate is a city in Los Angeles County, California, covering 7.4 square miles about 7 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, and it belongs to the Gateway Cities region of the county. The city was incorporated on January 20, 1923, when it had about 2,500 residents, and the 2020 census counted 92,726, making it the 19th largest in the county. The name was given in 1918 after the South Gate Gardens on the Cudahy Ranch and refers to the place lying south of Los Angeles. Much of the land was once part of the Lugo family land grant, awarded by the King of Spain in 1810 to Antonio Maria Lugo. Between 1910 and 1940 most farmland gave way to homes and factories. South Gate became known as the Azalea City when it adopted the flower as its symbol in 1965, and in 1990 it was one of ten American communities to receive the All-America City Award from the National Civic League.