It is part of a seventeen-city region commonly called the South Bay. As of the US census , Hawthorne had a population of 88, Hawthorne was founded in as the "Hawthorne Improvement Company" by real estate developers B. Harding and H. Harding's daughter shared her birthdayβJuly 4, American Independence Dayβwith New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne , and a decision was made to name the small village after him.
Hawthorne was once a "whites only" settlement, commonly called a sundown town. To the north of Hawthorne is the unincorporated community of Lennox and the city of Inglewood. To the east is the unincorporated community of Athens and the city of Gardena. Manhattan Beach is at the southwest corner of Hawthorne. To the west is the city of El Segundo , and the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westchester is to the northwest of Hawthorne.
Hawthorne surrounds the unincorporated community of Del Aire on three sides. It also shares a small border on the northeast along Imperial Highway with the unincorporated community of Westmont. Hawthorne is five miles 8 km from the Los Angeles International Airport.
Hawthorne comprises ZIP codes and It is in the area code , except for a small portion of northeastern Hawthorne, which is located in the area code. Hawthorne first appeared as a city in the U.
At the census Hawthorne had a population of 84, The population density was 13, The racial makeup of Hawthorne was 27, There were 44, people of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race The census reported that 83, people There were 28, households, 12, There were 2, 8.
