Map showing City of Whittier with surrounding cities and communities. Dark green is Orange County.
Cutaway from Map of Los Angeles County.
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Charter City
Incorporated: February 25, 1898
City Hall: 13230 Penn St, Whittier 90602
Website: www.cityofwhittier.org
Population (2020 Census): 87,306 (Also see latest State Population Estimates and Earlier decennial Census Counts).
Population Under Age 18 (2020 Census): 22.1%
Population Density (2020 Census): 5,960.3 persons per square mile
Housing Units: 29,953
Persons Per Housing Unit: 2.9
Land Area: 14.65 square miles (37.94 square kilometers)
Water Area: 0.01 square miles (0.03 square kilometers)
Total Area: 14.66 square miles (37.97 square kilometers)
Geographic Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude): 33.966827 -118.020122
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Originally an Indian village named Sejat (place of the wild bees). The more recent community was founded in 1887 by the Pickering Land & Water Company, a Quaker organization, and named at the suggestion of Micajah D. Johnson in honor of fellow Quaker and poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
City in red below. Click on map for more detailed color map of county.
See our Vintage Whittier postcards:
