Downey in California
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Downey, California

Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, 21 km southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city is best known as the birthplace of the Apollo space program, and is the city where pop singer Karen Carpenter lived and died. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 111,772.

Located at 33.9381, -118.131 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Downey, California, Cities in Los Angeles County, California, Populated places in California with Hispanic majority populations, Incorporated cities and towns in California

St. John Bosco High School

St. John Bosco High School (SJBHS) is a Catholic college preparatory school located in Bellflower, California, USA conducted by the Salesians of St. John Bosco, San Francisco Province. SJBHS is named after Saint John Bosco and was originally founded as an elementary and intermediate boarding school by the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1940. The first high-school class graduated in 1956, and in the late 1970s the boarding school closed.

Located at 33.9069, -118.124 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Boys' schools in the United States, Educational institutions established in 1940, Salesian secondary schools, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County Probation Department

The Los Angeles County Probation Department provides services for those placed on probation within Los Angeles County, California, USA. Donald H. Blevins is the current Chief Probation Officer. The department is the largest probation department in the world.

Located at 33.9163, -118.132 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Government of Los Angeles County, California, Probation departments of the United States

St. Matthias High School

St. Matthias High School is a girls private, Roman Catholic high school in Downey, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Located at 33.9192, -118.16 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman Catholic secondary schools in Los Angeles County, California, Educational institutions established in 1960, Downey, California

Downey Studios

The Downey Studios was a production studio in Downey, California. The studio featured 320,000 square metres of indoor and outdoor production space including a 4,600-square-metre building and a 23,000 square metres building which was home of the largest indoor water tank in North America. A suburban residential street backlot with 5 complete homes and 11 facades was also available at the studio.

Located at 33.922, -118.134 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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American film studios, Downey, California

Pius X High School (Downey, California)

Pius X High School (Pius X) was a co-educational, private, four year (grade levels 9-12) high school located at 7851 Gardendale Street, in the city of Downey, California. The school was founded in 1954, and named for Pope Pius X. From 1968 to 1975, Pius X entered into a revolutionary concept of modern teaching, the "Model School Project. " Pius employed an educational model called "non-gradedness," which places a student in a class where his or her present achievement is the deciding factor.

Located at 33.9195, -118.159 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1954, Educational institutions disestablished in 1998, High schools in Los Angeles County, California, Defunct Roman Catholic secondary schools in the United States, Defunct schools in California, Roman Catholic secondary schools in California, Downey, California

Oldest McDonald's restaurant

The oldest operating McDonald's restaurant is a drive-up hamburger stand at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. at Florence Ave. in Downey, California. It was the third McDonald's restaurant, and opened on August 18, 1953. It was the second restaurant franchised by Richard and Maurice McDonald, prior to the involvement of Ray Kroc in the company, and it still has the two original 30-ft (9-m) "Golden Arches" and a 60-ft (18-m) animated neon "Speedee" sign that was added in 1959.

Located at 33.9471, -118.118 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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McDonald's buildings and structures, Googie architecture in California, Museums in Los Angeles County, California, Food museums in the United States, Superlatives, Restaurants established in 1953, 1953 establishments in the United States, Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California, National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles, California, Downey, California

Downey Regional Medical Center

Downey Regional Medical Center is a non-profit community-based hospital located in Downey, California. It is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital operates a family medicine residency program, which is accredited by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and a neuromuscular medicine internship, which is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.

Located at 33.9353, -118.13 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Hospitals in California, Hospitals established in 1920, Downey, California