History of Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is an important suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The city is bordered to the southwest by the Atwater Village, to the west by Burbank, to the northwest by the Tujunga, Los Angeles, to the northeast by the city of La Canada Flintridge and the unincorporated La Crescenta, to the east by Pasadena, and to the southeast by the Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, and Glassell Park, Los Angeles, neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The Golden State Freeway, Ventura Freeway, Glendale Freeway, and Foothill Freeway freeways run through the city.
As of the United States Census 2000, the city population was 194,973. Since then, there have been estimates of 201,326 by the United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau in 2004 and 207,007 by the California State government in 2005, making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the seventeenth largest city in the state of California.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, located in Glendale, contains the remains of many celebrities and local residents. It is famous as the pioneer of a new style of cemetery.
Several large companies have offices in Glendale. The U.S. headquarters of the Swiss foods multinational Nestles and IHOP are located in Glendale. So is the "southern campus" of DreamWorks SKG, the diversified entertainment company founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. The Los Angeles regional office of California's State Compensation Insurance Fund is in Glendale. Nero AG, the software company that makes Nero Burning Rom, also has its main North American subsidiary located in Glendale.
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