Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. This ethnically diverse, densely populated neighborhood is notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios, and its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people in it. 

Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910, and soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world. 

In 1853, one adobe hut stood in Nopalera (Nopal field), named for the Mexican Nopal cactus indigenous to the area. By 1870, an agricultural community flourished. The area was known as the Cahuenga Valley, after the pass in the Santa Monica Mountains immediately to the north. 

According to the diary of H. J. Whitley, known as the "Father of Hollywood," on his honeymoon in 1886 he stood at the top of the hill looking out over the valley. Along came a Chinese man in a wagon carrying wood. The man got out of the wagon and bowed. The Chinese man was asked what he was doing and replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.' H. J. Whitley had an epiphany and decided to name his new town Hollywood. "Holly" would represent England and "wood" would represent his Scottish heritage. Whitley had already started over 100 towns across the western United States.
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Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California
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Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California
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 was incorporated as a municipality in 1903
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 It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910
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Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. This ethnically diverse, densely populated neighborhood is notable as the home of the U.S. film industry,
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 including several of its historic studios
Cahuenga Valley
 The area was known as the Cahuenga Valley
the pass in the Santa Monica Mountains
The area was known as the Cahuenga Valley, after the pass in the Santa Monica Mountains immediately to the north
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the Santa Monica Mountains immediately to the north
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H. J. Whitley had an epiphany and decided to name his new town Hollywood
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The Chinese man was asked what he was doing and replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.'
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The Chinese man was asked what he was doing and replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.'
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 a Chinese man in a wagon carrying wood. The man got out of the wagon and bowed.
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on his honeymoon in 1886 he stood at the top of the hill looking out over the valley. Along came a Chinese man
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According to the diary of H. J. Whitley
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Whitley had already started over 100 towns
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Whitley had already started over 100 towns 
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over 100 towns across the western United States