City History

The History of Maywood

On September 2, 1924, Maywood citizens voted to incorporate. By 1924, the population of Maywood had reached 1,000. The city featured homes, stores and a movie theater. Maywood celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 1949 with a rodeo, beard-growing contest and professional wrestling matches in the City park.

Maywood is proud of its Parks and Recreation Department which has its own long and interesting history. The Maywood Park, located at 58th Street and Heliotrope Avenue, had its beginnings in the 1930s when the present-day baseball field was a large meadow. In the early 1950s, Maywood Park became the home of the Golden State Baseball Association.

Now, more than 80 years since incorporation, Maywood retains its small atmosphere, though surrounded by a massive metropolis. Maywood still offers an ideal residential community for those who work in surrounding communities.

As one looks around Maywood today, sweeping changes can be seen, such as four new shopping centers at the corner of Slauson Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard; a new senior citizens complex; a new 2.8 million dollar, multi-purpose facility, an industrial complex on Maywood Avenue, and numerous brand new businesses springing up in the city.

City Hall

Statistical Information

StatisticType / Number
Annual Rainfall
14.71 Inches
Area
1.14 Square Miles
Assessed Valuation
$355,314,912
Average Temperature - Summer
84 Degrees
Average Temperature - Winter
65 Degrees
Churches
11
City Flower
Snapdragon
Elevation
172 Feet
Form of GovernmentCouncil
Latitude
N33 59 Min. 13 Sec.
Longitude
W 118 11 Min. 13 Sec.
Library (County) Volumes17,410
Median Household Income
$37,573
Parks
2
Paved Streets
28 Miles
Registered Voters
3,105
Township
San Antonio
Traffic Count (Daily)
57,200 Vehicles


Population

StatisticNumber
Population (2000 Census)26,083
Adults17,641
Children10,392
Hispanic96.3% (27,051)
White2.6% (739)
Asian0.35% (85)
American Indian0.2% (51)
African American0.2% (43)


Schools

SchoolNumber
Parochial Elementary
3
Public Elementary
3