Manhole Covers of Agoura Hills, California
Created 18 June 2006
This page was last updated on 1 December 2008
This is a study of manhole covers from Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California.
All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 2006 and 2008.
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Manhole Covers of Agoura Hills, California
Agoura Hills is a fairly small community that only became a formal city on 8 December 1982, with a population of 20,537 in 2000, composed of 87% Whites, 6.9% Hispanics, and 6.5% Asians. Agoura, as it was known before it became incorporated, was first called Picture City. Agoura was chosen when the residents wanted a U.S. Post Office, choosing to name it after a local Basque rancher, Pierre Agoure, who settled the area in teh 1890s. U.S. Highway 101 (Ventura Freeway) is the main road through this city. It is in a small inland valley on the north side of the Santa Monica Mountains and on the south side of the older and lower Simi Hills. The old part of the city is located south of U.S. 101 while the majority of the residential part is located north of the freeway. The old Mexican landgrant homestead (Rancho Las Virgenes) of the Reyes family, including the Reyes Adobe, dating from the 1820s, is now a historic museum (the Reyes Adobe, that is).
Agoura grew exponentially in the 1960s when land was cheap just after the Ventura Freeway was built from the San Fernando Valley to/through Ventura and on to Santa Barbara. The per capita income in Agoura Hills is $39,700 with a median family income of $72,081. Nearly all working residents commute to work, most driving alone. As of 2001, six Agoura/Agoura Hills residents were members of the California Native Plant Society. Additional information about Agoura Hills can be found at Agoura Hills Info. Historical information about Agoura can be found at Agoura History.
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