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Hawthorne, California (U.S.)

Los Angeles County

Last modified: 2024-08-03 by rick wyatt
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[flag of Hawthorne, California] image by Masao Okazaki, 4 June 2024
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About the city

Hawthorne was once part of the Rancho Sausal Redondo (Round Willow-grove Ranch) of the 22,458-acre (91 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1837 to Antonio Ygnacio Ávila by Juan Alvarado the Mexican Governments Governor of Alta California. Hawthorne was founded in 1905 as the "Hawthorne Improvement Company" by real estate developers B.L. Harding and H.D. Lombard. Harding's daughter shared her birthday—July 4, American Independence Day—with New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and a decision was made to name the small village after him. It was incorporated on July 12, 1922".
Sources: https://www.cityofhawthorne.org/residents/about-hawthorne
https://youtu.be/WIlaqSV2mvw and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne,_California
Esteban Rivera, 9 July 2004

Description of the flag

Hawthorne is known as the City of Good Neighbors. The flag has the seal on it. The four rectangles represent our community. They are as follows:

  • Left-top corner - We ran our own water system but unfortunately due to bad economic times we had to lease it to generate some income.
  • Right-top corner - We run our own airport that is next to Northrop Grumman. This company was responsible for many of the aircraft up in the air. Northrop sold this part of the company to Vought Aircraft a few years ago but the airport is still city run.
  • Left-bottom corner - Our community is a melting pot of people performing many roles that make our city run smooth (ie - fire fighters, police officers, sanitation, public works, etc)
  • Right-top corner - This corner represents industry from the mom and pop store to major corporations. Business creates tax dollars which is the life blood of the city. As the wheel of progress turns, so does the progress of of the improving the quality of life.
City Clerk Daniel Juarez, 26 January 2005

A version of the flag with the seal, large text on a curved line, and a bordered field is shown on the website of a city councilman from the early 2000s.
Website: http://www.thevividdesignco.com
Photo: http://www.thevividdesignco.com/MS_1_2203_web_300.jpg

This flag is also on the city's Facebook page in 2022. https://www.cityofhawthorne.org/home
Masao Okazaki, 4 June 2024

A different version of the flag

[flag of Hawthorne, California] image by Masao Okazaki, 4 June 2024

A flag with the seal with milder colors, smaller straight text, and no border is seen in photos on the city's Facebook in May 2024: https://www.facebook.com/photo
Masao Okazaki, 4 June 2024

Seal

[City Seal] image located by Paul Bassinson, 6 May 2019

Source: http://static1.squarespace.com

[seal of Hawthorne, California] image by Masao Okazaki, 4 June 2024

This seal on the Facebook page in 2023: https://www.facebook.com/photo

2024 Logo

[seal of Hawthorne, California] image by Masao Okazaki, 4 June 2024

Hawthorne introduced a new logo in May 2024. Whether it will appear on a new flag is unknown.
Logo introduction: https://www.facebook.com/CityOfHawthorneCA
New logo: https://www.facebook.com/photo
Masao Okazaki, 4 June 2024