Florence is an

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. It is often considered part of

South Los Angeles South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of downtown. It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as a ...

despite being outside the Los Angeles

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s. It is serviced by

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and has a ZIP Code of 90001. It is the northern part of the Florence-Graham CDP.

Emergency services

Fire protection in Florence is provided by the

Los Angeles County Fire Department The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) provides firefighting services as well as technical rescue services, hazardous materials response services and emergency medical response services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County ...

, primarily serviced by Los Angeles County Fire Station 16 at 8010 S. Compton Ave., with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service. The

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(LASD) operates the Century Station in Lynwood, serving Florence.Century Station
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. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.

Education

Florence-Graham residents are zoned to

Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in ...

schools. Residents are zoned to: * Florence Avenue Elementary School * Parmelee Elementary School * Edison Middle School *

John C. Fremont High School John C. Fremont High School is a Title 1 co-educational public high school located in South Los Angeles, California, United States. Fremont serves several Los Angeles neighborhoods and the unincorporated community of Florence-Graham; some sec ...

Famous people from Florence

* A. S. Nahas, founder of

Nahas Nahas (pronounced Nay-haz) was a chain of department stores owned by A. S Nahas, operating in Greater Los Angeles, carrying clothing, household goods and electronics. They also acquired Rathbun's department store at 5311 Lankershim Blvd. in North ...

department store chain, lived here during adolescence.In 1910, Abraham Nahas b. 1895 was registered on Holmes Avenue in San Antonio Township, Florence Precinct, Los Angeles County. 1910 U.S. Census via family search.org
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References

County of Los Angeles Public Library operates the Florence Library. Unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, California Unincorporated communities in California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub