![]() ![]() It was one of the major producers of SBD Dauntless dive bombers, which achieved fame in the Battle of Midway. The Douglas Aircraft Company plant in El Segundo was one of the major aircraft manufacturing facilities in California during World War II. The El Segundo refinery entered its second century of operation in 2011. The Standard Oil Company was renamed Chevron in 1984. The city earned its name ("the second" in Spanish), as it was the site of the second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast (the first was at Richmond in Northern California), when Standard Oil of California purchased the farm land in 1911. Peck also developed land in neighboring El Porto, where a street still bears his name. Peck owned the 840 acres (340 ha) of land where the Chevron Refinery now sits. Daniel Freeman sold portions of the rancho to several persons. After his return to Scotland, the property was purchased by then-manager of the rancho, Daniel Freeman. Originally a Mexican land grant owned by Antonio Ygnacio Avila, the rancho was later purchased by a Scottish baronet named Sir Robert Burnett. ![]() ![]() Rancho Sausal Redondo extended from Playa Del Rey in the north to Redondo Beach in the south. The area was once a part of Rancho Sausal Redondo ("Round Willow Patch Ranch"). ![]() The El Segundo and Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva (or Gabrieleños) Native American tribes thousands of years ago. The population was 16,731 as of the 2020 census, a 0.5% increase from 16,654 in the 2010 census. Located on Santa Monica Bay, it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and is part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. El Segundo ( Spanish for 'The Second' / ˌ ɛ l s ə ˈ ɡ ʌ n d oʊ/ EL sə- GUN-doh Spanish: ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California. ![]()
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