Locke, California
USA /
California /
Walnut Grove /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Walnut Grove
World / United States / California
community, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic landmark, historic district, U.S. National Historic Landmark
Locke was settled in 1915 by Yuehai-speaking Chinese (a subdialect of Cantonese) from the Zhongshan region of Guangdong province in China. The land was leased from George Locke as California law at the time forbid the selling of farmland to Asian immigrants. Many Chinese immigrants were facing massive discrimination in the major cities. It is a town built completely "by the Chinese for the Chinese" and can be considered a distinct rural Chinatown enclave. Like many other Chinatowns, it had a Chinese-language school, general stores, and restaurants. Because of its relatively large population of Chinese people at the time, the Chinese Kuomintang political party once had a local chapter in Locke.
A Hong Kong-based developer purchased the town in 1977 and sold it in 2002 to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. In 2004, the agency finally allowed the sale of land to those who had been living on it for many years. There have been plans to convert Locke into a housing development and tourist attraction. Plans are under way to convert the boarding house into a museum. The Locke Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 14, 1990. (Credit Wikipedia)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=laZbTpB0yEM
A Hong Kong-based developer purchased the town in 1977 and sold it in 2002 to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. In 2004, the agency finally allowed the sale of land to those who had been living on it for many years. There have been plans to convert Locke into a housing development and tourist attraction. Plans are under way to convert the boarding house into a museum. The Locke Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 14, 1990. (Credit Wikipedia)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=laZbTpB0yEM
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locke,_California
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Coordinates: 38°14'59"N 121°30'32"W
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