Carson

Located 13 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, classified as a suburb of the city, Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, Carson had a total population of 89,730. Incorporated on April 4, 1968, Carson is the youngest municipality in the South Bay region of Greater Los Angeles. Carson's economy is based primarily on manufacturing. Factories, petroleum refineries, and other industrial buildings and structures occupy about half of Carson’s land area. Carson also has a diverse ethnic composition consisting of Latinos, Filipinos, African Americans, Khmers, and Samoans.

The Rancho San Pedro, came to be known as the Dominguez Ranch, began as a generous gift of 75,000 acres of land to a Spanish soldier in 1784. The soldier's name was Juan Jose Dominguez. Forty-two years later, in 1826, his nephew, Manuel Dominguez, built this adobe home for his new bride.