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Lancaster / ˈlæŋ.kæstər / is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 173,516, [7] making Lancaster the 153rd largest city in the United States and the 30th largest in California.
Introduction. Some historians state that the name ''Lancaster'' was bestowed upon the town by Mr. M.L. Wicks, a real estate developer who purchased six sections of land from the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1884 at a price of about $2.50 an acre.
1948 - First commercial installation of a television set by a local firm. 1949 - Heavy snow fell on Lancaster with 18 to 20 inches on the ground. Home U.S. mail delivery started in June. 1950 - The population of Lancaster was 3,600. KAVL, Lancaster's first radio station started operation.
Lancaster is a city in far northern Los Angeles County in Southern California, 8 miles (13 km) from the Kern County line. Understand [ edit] Get in [ edit] By car [ edit] California State Highway 14, the Antelope Valley Freeway, is the primary north - south route in and out of Lancaster.
The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States, and the southeast portion of California's Kern County, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi , Sierra Pelona , and the San Gabriel Mountains . [2]
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1876 - When the Southern Pacific Railroad Company laid its track through what was to be Lancaster in the summer of 1876, many of the early settlers stated the railroad named the train stop at that time. Another source states that the town was named by M.L. Wicks when he laid out the townsite in 1884.
