Nevin, Los Angeles

{{Short description|Human settlement in Los Angeles, California, US}}

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Nevin is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California.

Geography

It consists of the area surrounding the street and school of the same name. Broadly construed, the neighborhood is bounded by Washington Boulevard, Alameda Street, Vernon Avenue and Hooper Avenue.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/los-angeles/nevin/ |title=Los Angeles, CA (Nevin) |publisher=NeighborhoodScout}}

Nevin is listed as a populated place by the US Geological Survey.{{Cite GNIS|1661099|Nevin|access-date=November 4, 2018}}

History

The neighborhood, along with Nevin Street and Nevin Street school, were "likely named in memory of Santa Fe Railway manager William G. Nevin".{{Cite web |last=Kines |first=Mark Tapio |date=2022-01-21 |website=LAStreetnames.com|title=Nevin Avenue |url=https://lastreetnames.com/street/nevin-avenue/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |quote=Nevin Avenue, Southeast L.A. - Likely named in memory of Santa Fe Railway manager William George Nevin (1855-1902).|language=en-US}}

Nevin Street School opened in 1916.{{cite web |title=Nevin Elementary |url=https://nevinavees.lausd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3798414&type=d&pREC_ID=2458172 |website=LAUSD.org |access-date=21 February 2025}}{{Cite news |date=1919-03-14 |title=Like Old Woman Living in Shoe |pages=13 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-like-old-woman-liv/134670990/ |access-date=2023-11-05}}{{Cite news |date=1933-12-07 |title=Los Angeles School Gives Sunshine Lessons and Serves Free Lunches to Children |pages=7 |work=Los Angeles Evening Post-Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-post-record-los-ange/134671116/ |access-date=2023-11-05}}

Demographics

Today the neighborhood is working-class and industrial in nature; most of the housing stock is apartments or multi-family residential. It is one of the poorest and most densely populated areas of Los Angeles.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

It has had a succession of ethnicities as dominant in the area. Whites made up most of the first residents. Though the neighborhood, like the rest of South LA, had a predominantly African-American population from about 1930 into the early 21st century, today the population is primarily Hispanic, with a minority of other ethnicities. Next most populous is the African-American minority.

Education

There is one public school in the neighborhood operated by the Los Angeles Unified School District:

Nevin Street Elementary - 1569 E. 32nd Street.

Government

Nevin is represented by the Central Alameda Neighborhood Council.

References

Category:Neighborhoods in Los Angeles