Glendora, city (2020 pop. 52,558),
Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of the Los Angeles
metropolitan area, at the base of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1911. Plastics
and transportation equipment are made in the city. The region was declared
open government land in 1869 and a rush of homesteaders began. By the early
1900s it was covered with magnificent groves of orange and lemon trees.
Although some citrus fruit is still grown in the area, the housing boom
following World War II converted the city into a bedroom community.
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