Florence, California

Florence is an unincorporated community in California. It is often considered part of South Los Angeles despite being outside the Los Angeles city limits. It is serviced by area code 323 and has a ZIP Code of 90001. It is the northern part of the Florence-Graham CDP.

Florence, California
Unincorporated community
Location within Los Angeles County
Florence, California Location within the state of California
Coordinates: 33°58′28″N 118°14′53″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	90001
Area code(s)	323

Emergency services

Fire protection in Florence is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, primarily serviced by Los Angeles County Fire Station 16 at 8010 S. Compton Ave., with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Century Station in Lynwood, serving Florence.[1]

Education

Florence-Graham residents are zoned to Los Angeles Unified School District schools.

Residents are zoned to:

• Florence Avenue Elementary School
• Parmelee Elementary School
• Edison Middle School
• John C. Fremont High School

Famous people from Florence

• A. S. Nahas, founder of Nahas department store chain, lived here during adolescence.[2]

References

1. "Century Station Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine." Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.
2. In 1910, Abraham Nahas b. 1895 was registered on Holmes Avenue in San Antonio Township, Florence Precinct, Los Angeles County. 1910 U.S. Census via family search.org

County of Los Angeles Public Library operates the Florence Library.