The City of Agoura Hills is located in the eastern part of Conejo Valley, between the Simi Valley hills and the Santa Monica Mountains. The city is approximately 30 miles from Downtown Los Angeles and less than 10 miles from the Woodland Hills (the Los Angeles city limits). Also situated near Agoura Hills are Malibu, Westlake Village, Calabasas and Oak Park. Agoura Hills is known as a nice area with warm weather year round.
Chumash Native Americans were the first people to settle the area for hundreds of years. It was until late 1700s that the Spanish Franciscan missionaries settled the Alta California (Upper California) and the El Camino Real, also known as the Royal Road or King’s Highway, (a road from Loreto, Mexico, Baja California to Sonoma California) which connected the Spanish missions in California was established in the town that would be later known as Agoura Hills.
The city was referred to as the Vejar Junction when it was nothing but a stagecoach stop. In about 1800, Miguel Ortega was granted a land called Rancho Las Virgenes or El Rancho de Nuestra Señora La Reina de Las Virgenes. But it was abandoned upon his death in 1810 and the rancho was given to Maria Jose Dominguez as a Mexican land grant in 1834. The rancho was then purchased by Maria Antonia Machado de Reyes in 1845. Today, the Reyes Adobe ranch headquarters can be found in central Agoura Hills, in a museum along Reyes Adobe Road. The Reyes Adobe Museum was built in the mid-2000’s.
In 1928, a group of residents created a Chamber of Commerce and asked for a permanent post office to be established in the community. The Postal Department told them that they need to submit a list of 10 possible names for the town. The townspeople listed Agoure in the tenth spot. The name was selected because it was the shortest. The name Agoure came from the early French landowner, Pierre Agoure. However, there is a notion that the change in spelling (Agoura) was a mere error by the post office.
In the late 1960s, Agoura Hills became a developed town. The Ventura Freeway section of U.S. Route 101 was constructed. Hillrise, Lake Lindero and Liberty Canyon, the first housing tracts, were built. During 1970’s, schools and establishments were erected, and the Kanan Bridge underwent widening, contracts for such were awarded by the State Department of Transportation. In 1982, Agoura Hills became the 83rd City in Los Angeles County as a result of 68% votes from its residents.
The 2007 estimate shows that the median income for a household in the city is $108,862, and the median income for a family is $127,811. The 2000 Census data revealed a current population of 20,537. The number of violent crimes according to the FBI in 2003 was 60. The number of murders and homicides was 0 and the violent crime rate was 2.7 per 1,000 people. Agoura Hills’s cost of living is 104.48% higher than the U.S. average. Agoura is known as a luxurious place to live.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Q3 2007, there are 4,191,623 jobs in Agoura Hills. Jobs in Private Sector make up the majority of employment. Of the jobs available in the Private Sector, 3,008,374 (71.77%) are in the Service Providing industry and 617,862 (14.74%) are in the Goods Producing industry. The top Service Providing industry jobs include Trade; Professional and Business Services; Transportation, and Utilities; and Education and Health Services. Goods Producing industry jobs include Manufacturing and Construction. Some of which are DTS, Inc., Line 6, The Canyon Club and THQ. Agoura Hills is also a home to businesses such as restaurants, catering services, electronics, customer service, real estate and information technology.
For community services the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department serves the Agoura Hills as the main police force. It is located at Malibu/Lost Hills Station, 27050 Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302, serves the Agoura Hills. The Los Angeles County Fire Department also serves Agoura Hills. The Las Virgenes Unified School District serves the City of Agoura Hills.
In Agoura Hills there is the Agoura Hills Recreation Center, Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, Agoura Hills Library, and Oak Park Library. Agoura Hills has Dial-a-Ride curb to curb transportation service, MTA Bus, Park & Ride/Commuter Express, and Summer Shuttle Express/Summer Beach Bus that are being used throughout the summer. There is also the Ventura Freeway or U.S. Route 101. The Los Angeles International Airport also serves the area.
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