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  2. Lancaster, California - Wikipedia

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    Lancaster / ˈ l æ ŋ. k æ s t ər / 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-most populous city in the United States and the 30th most populous in California.

  3. Houston Public Library - Wikipedia

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    The Houston Public Library system traces its founding to the creation of the second Houston Lyceum in 1854. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The lyceum was preceded by a debating society, a special-interest mechanics' lyceum, and a circulating library. The lyceum's library eventually split into a separate institution at the end of the 19th century.

  4. Quartz Hill, California - Wikipedia

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    661. FIPS code. 06-59052. GNIS feature IDs. 1661271, 2409114. Quartz Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 10,912 at the 2010 census, up from 9,890 at the 2000 census. The name is also shared with the neighboring district areas of its border cities, Palmdale, and Lancaster.

  5. Palmdale, California - Wikipedia

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    Palmdale is part of a twin-city complex with its northern neighbor Lancaster and together they are the principal cities within the Antelope Valley region and California's High Desert. Downtown Palmdale is located at 34°34′46″N 118°07′00″W, [27] at an elevation of 2,655 feet (809 m) above sea level.

  6. LA County Library - Wikipedia

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    LA County Library. LA County Library is one of the largest public library systems in the United States [3] which serves residents living in 49 of the 88 incorporated cities of Los Angeles County, California. United States, and those living in unincorporated areas resulting in a service area extending over 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2). [4]

  7. Los Angeles County, California - Wikipedia

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    Website. lacounty.gov. Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles (Spanish: Condado de Los Ángeles), and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,861,224 residents estimated in 2022. Its population is greater than that of 40 individual U.S. states.

  8. Area codes 713, 281, 832, and 346 - Wikipedia

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    On March 19, 1983, the numbering plan area was divided: the immediate Houston area retained 713, while the northern, eastern and western portions became area code 409. On November 2, 1996, area code 713 was split, with most of Houston's suburbs switching to 281. The dividing line roughly followed Beltway 8. Generally, most of Houston itself and ...

  9. California State Prison, Los Angeles County - Wikipedia

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    Opened. February 1993. Managed by. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Warden. Raybon C. Johnson Jr. California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Lancaster, in Los Angeles County, California. The only state prison located in the county, it is also referenced as Los ...