Torrance, California

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Torrance is a city located in the southwestern or "South Bay" region of Los Angeles County, California.

As of the 2000 census, the city population was 137,946; in 2005 the population was estimated to be 142,384. Torrance is the sixth largest city in Los Angeles County and the 34th largest in the state of California.[1]

Torrance was originally part of the 1784 Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, issued to Juan Jose Dominguez, signed by King Carlos III of the Spanish Empire.

In the early 1900s, real estate developer John Daniel "Jack" Torrance and other investors saw the value of creating a mixed industrial-residential community south of Los Angeles. They purchased part of an old Spanish land grant and hired landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to design a new planned community. [2] The resulting town was founded in October 1912 and named after Torrance; the city of Torrance was formally incorporated in May 1921.