History
Reseda is a lovely neighborhood located in the San Fernando Valley within the core of northern Los Angeles, California, in the United States of America. Reseda, which is a flat district and 740 feet above sea level, is specifically situated at 34.201N, 118.535W. It has a land area of 6.8 square miles. Tarzana, Northridge, Lake Balboa as well as Winnetka are the neighborhoods that surround the district of Reseda.

Native Americans were the earliest inhabitants of Reseda. By 1787, the land of Reseda was a part of the first Rancho del Encino. The land was included in Eulogio de Celis’ 121, 542 acres of Rancho de la antigua misión San Fernando from the Mexican government. Most of the valley south of today’s Roscoe Boulevard was sold to investors of San Francisco area by Eulogio de Celis and his partners, Pio and Andreas Pico. The area was purchased by Isaac Lankershim and his son-in-law Isaac Van Nuys in 1869. The 59, 000-acre property was managed under different plans, the last of which was a series of six ranches operating as the Los Angeles Farm and Milling Co. Predicting the bounty of water soon to come, Los Angeles Farm and Milling Co. sold its properties to the Los Angeles suburban Homes Co. by 1910. The area was then subdivided, resulting to two-thirds of the Valley developing into real estate during that year.

Reseda was once known as "Marian," the name that appeared for a small farming town in 1912. Marian was the daughter of Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis, a director of the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Co. syndicate. As agriculture soon emerged, by 1915, William Mulholland’s water rushed through a network of steel and cast-iron pipes, and the Valley changed quickly and radically. Huge range of dry land farms abruptly became small-scale, garden crops and mixed truck, walnut and avocado groves, and citrus, peach and apricot orchards. The residents had to agree to annexation in order to avail Los Angeles’ Owens Valley water. The Valley had become a neighboring area of small rural lots centered on farm towns, due to its irrigation system. It was by 1917 when Marian (Reseda), Owensmouth (Canoga Park), Zelzah (Northridge), Girard (Woodland Hills) became farm towns of the Valley.

Reseda had been a town site for three decades by the time the first pipe load of Sierra water arrived. Reseda had established itself as a poultry-raising center. The crops of Reseda were mostly in the form of sugar beets, lima beans, lettuce, spinach, melons, squash, carrots - and alfalfa, grown to fodder dairy cattle and for chicken feed. The name of the district, Reseda, was given first to a siding on a branch of the Southern Pacific in the south Valley. By 1905, Reseda came to refer more directly to an area farther north, after Edgar Rice Burroughs bought 550 acres near the intersection of Reseda and Ventura boulevards and named it Tarzana, after his famous fictional character. By the year 1920, as a designation for a stop on the Pacific Electric interurban railway running along Sherman Way, Marian was replaced by Reseda, named after a fragrant North African yellow-dye plant, Reseda odorata, which grows in the hot dry climates.

Reseda has a population of 68,002 people with 22,811 households, according to the year 2000 data of the United States Census Bureau. This was comprised of 57.6% White, 4.2% Black, 0.8% American Indian, 11.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 20.1% Unspecified race and 6.15% two or more races.

Schools
Residents of Reseda enjoy the quiet yet lively atmosphere of the area. Reseda has much in store for residents as well as visitors of the community. Education in Reseda is given much importance and value by the schools in the area. Among the elementary schools that serve the area includes Blythe Street School, Melvin Avenue Elementary School, Shirley Avenue Elementary School, Vanalden Elementary and Reseda Elementary School. The high schools that can be found in Reseda include Cleveland High School, Zane Grey High School, Magnolia Science Academy, Joaquin Miller High School, John R. Wooden High School, Reseda High School Police Academy Magnet and Reseda High School. Reseda also has private schools which include Heart of the Valley Christian School, Kirk O' the Valley School and St. Catherine of Siena School.

Furthermore, Reseda also provides vocational education. These schools include A2ZHealth Massage Schools, Anthony Schools, Marinello Schools of Beauty and Bryman College.

The following gives you information about Reseda Elementary School and Reseda High School:
Reseda Elementary School
7265 Amigo Avenue
Reseda, CA 91335

Reseda High School
18230 Kittridge St.
Reseda, CA 91335

Recreation
Reseda is a great place for recreation and hobbies. The community offers a number of activities and events for every one of all ages. Reseda has the Del Air Rockhounds Club which provides lapidary arts and techniques, geology, mineralogy and related fields. The community also has Turner’s Outdoorsman which is one of Southern California’s fishing, hunting and shooting headquarters. West Valley Family YMCA also serves Reseda through the enrichment of the quality of spiritual, mental, physical and social life for families, communities and themselves. Furthermore, Reseda features a large duck pond which can be found inside Reseda Park.

The following shows the address of Reseda Park:
Reseda Park
18411 Victory Boulevard
Reseda, CA 91335
Telephone: (818) 881-3882

The business and cultural centers of Reseda are situated around Raseda Boulevard and Sherman Way. Reseda is made up of mainly intermediate blue collar workers and modest white collar workers. In terms of lodging, Reseda has Howard Johnson Express Inn which is located in 7432 Reseeda Blvd. The hotel is just 3 miles away from California State University Northridge and offers access to all Southern California attractions which include Six Flag Magic Mountain, Universal Studio.

Reseda is a community that has preserved the spirit of a smaller town charisma blended with big city glamour. It is indeed a wonderful neighborhood within the heart of the city of Los Angeles.

Reseda has a calm and peaceful nature. The community of Reseda has much to offer for everyone.

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