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City Incorporation

When
April 4, 1850
Where
Los Angeles
Part of
Los Angeles incorporated as a city

Los Angeles was incorporated as a U.S. city on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood.

The incorporation established Los Angeles as a municipality within the United States. The city's boundaries at this time comprised four square Spanish leagues. This event followed the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ceded California to the U.S.

Sources

  1. Los Angeles Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
  2. History of Los Angeles Wikipedia

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