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Downtown Van Nuys

Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. As of 2000, the population is 136,443.

The town was founded in 1911 and named for Isaac Newton Van Nuys, one of its developers.[1] It was annexed by Los Angeles on May 22, 1915.[2]

References

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  1. "San Fernando Valley History Timeline". Archived from the original on 12 October 2001.
  2. Hellmann, Paul (14 February 2006). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 122. ISBN 1135948593. Retrieved 20 January 2015.