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Nevin is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California. 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.

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.

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. The neighborhood is in ZIP codes 90011 and 90058. Nevin is listed as a populated place by the US Geological Survey.

Nevin Street, school, and neighborhood were all likely named for are railroad executive William G. Nevin. Nevin Street School opened around 1919.

See also

• Amoco Junction, Los Angeles
• Historic South Central Los Angeles

References

1. "Los Angeles, CA (Nevin)". NeighborhoodScout.
2. "Nevin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
3. Kines, Mark Tapio (2022-01-21). "Nevin Avenue". Retrieved 2023-11-05.
4. "Like Old Woman Living in Shoe". The Los Angeles Times. 1919-03-14. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
5. "Los Angeles School Gives Sunshine Lessons and Serves Free Lunches to Children". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. 1933-12-07. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-11-05.

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