About Maywood, California

Maywood is a Gateway city and the third-smallest incorporated city in Los Angeles County. The city’s population was 27,395 at the 2010 census. It is the most densely-populated city in California, and has the highest proportion of Latinos, immigrants, and undocumented immigrants in the county.

In 1919, May Wood, a popular young woman who worked for the real estate corporation developing the 2,300 acres (930 hectares) ranch into home tracts, agreed to lend her name to the property.

The City can be reached by Atlantic Boulevard which runs north and south through the city and Slauson Avenue which runs east and west through the city. Maywood is also accessible via Interstate 710 on Atlantic Boulevard.