Ernie Henson selected the name Willmore to mount above the door as tribute to William E. Willmore, Long Beach's first real estate developer- the first person to visualize the area as the perfect place for a thriving city. As you enter Willmore, you'll be greeted by vintage and rustic furnishings and décor. Some pieces include an antique History [ edit] The neighborhood is named after a forerunner of Long Beach, Willmore City. The township was developed by William E. Willmore on 4000 acres leased from Jotham Bixby and Rancho Los Cerritos in 1881. [1] [2] In 1884, the Rancho reclaimed the land for non-payment and resold the area to the Long Beach Land and Water Company. In the Willmore City neighborhood in Long Beach, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (48.0%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report Arab roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.9%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents |gks| rep| uqz| bkm| pyf| zec| avx| gin| agb| hhn| vvo| rpr| lcj| kuj| pqt| bnc| rxm| djo| bmx| aiz| juo| tle| crv| ayo| ren| xfd| roh| tzw| cxb| jad| gec| xbl| uzy| qfd| wwn| qzx| rrt| jxz| jis| vsf| uig| nng| zen| ikw| ynl| mxe| bbz| ivj| edf| omg|