Winnetka, Los Angeles

Winnetka
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
Winnetka as mapped by the Los Angeles Times
Winnetka
Location within Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley
Winnetka
Winnetka (the Los Angeles metropolitan area)
Coordinates: 34°12′30″N 118°34′31″W / 34.20833°N 118.57528°W / 34.20833; -118.57528
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles
CityLos Angeles
Named afterWinnetka, Illinois

Winnetka (/wɪˈnɛtkə/) is a neighborhood in the west-central San Fernando Valley in the city of Los Angeles. It is an ethnically diverse area, both for the city and for Los Angeles County, with a relatively large percentage of Hispanic and Asian people.

Winnetka was founded in 1922 as a small farming community. As of 2018, there are six public and four private schools in the area, a recreation center, two pocket parks and a city-operated child-care center.

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