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2006-08-04 13:19:34 · 4 answers · asked by Kimberly 6 in Entertainment & Music Movies

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Accounts of the name, Hollywood, coming from imported English holly then growing in the area are incorrect. The name in fact was coined by Hobart Johnstone Whitley, the Father of Hollywood. He and his wife Gigi came up with the name in 1886 while on their honeymoon. They were standing on the hill overlooking the valley which is now Whitley Heights. It is part of the California Historic Preservation Overlay Zone. With a hand shake a deal was secured to purchase 500 acres from Mr. Hurd whom they share the name of their new town. Over the years Whitley had established more than 140 towns. (from Margaret Virginia Whitley's memoir) A locally popular etymology is that the name Hollywood traces to the ample stands of native Toyon, or "California Holly," that cover the hillsides with clusters of bright red berries each winter.

Harvey Wilcox drew up a grid map for a town, which he filed with the county recorder's office on February 1, 1887, the first official appearance of the name Hollywood. With his wife as a constant advisor, he carved out Prospect Avenue (later Hollywood Boulevard) for the main street. Whitley lined it and the other wide dirt avenues with pepper trees, and paved them. Whitley then had the name changed to Hollywood Boulevard.

2006-08-04 13:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by FitzBaker 2 · 1 0

It was originaly named hollwoodland as a tourist attraction the L A N D rotted & they left the name hollywood.

2006-08-04 13:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by peterhlounsbury 3 · 1 0

name of suburb of Los Angeles ... from Holly bushes indigenous to area ...

2006-08-04 13:24:46 · answer #3 · answered by one_observation 3 · 1 0

the best answer I have heard is that that area was wooded with holly trees. so it was holly woodland

2006-08-04 13:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 1 0

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