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The city of Burbank is in theeastern corner of the SanFernando Valley, part of theGreater Los Angeles Area, in LosAngeles County, California justnorth of the city of Los Angeles,USA.Billed as the "Media Capital ofthe World", many media andentertainment companies areheadquartered or have significantproduction facilities in Burbank,including NBC, The Walt DisneyCompany and Warner Bros.City of Burbank Official WebsiteThe town has come a long wayfrom the days when it wasironically referred to as "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" on Laugh-In and The TonightShow Starring Johnny Carson.Commonly believed to be named for famous horticulturalist Luther Burbank, the city ofBurbank is actually named for New Hampshire born dentist and entrepreneur DavidBurbank.The City of Burbank818 (Area Code)Postal code 91501-91526City TreeCity FlowerMayorVice MayorCity CouncilCity TreasurerCity ClerkCity ManagerCity AttorneyCrape MyrtleCalifornia Lilac(Ceanothus)City OfficialsJef Vander BorghtTodd CampbellDavid GolonskiDavid GordonMarsha RamosDonna AndersonMargarita CamposMary AlvordDennis BarlowThe town grew steadily, weathering the drought and depression that hit Los Angeles inthe 1890s and in 20 years, the community now consisted of its own bank, newspaper,high school and a thriving business district with a hardware store, livery stable, dry goodsstore, general store, and a bicycle repair shop.The population would petition the State Legislature to incorporate and formally become acity on July 8, 1911, naming Thomas Story, a local businessman, as their first mayor.By 1916, 1,500 residents claimed Burbank as home. By 1930, as First National Studios,Andrew Jergens Company, The Lockheed Company, McNeill and Libby CanningCompany, the Moreland Company, and Northrop Aircraft Corporation opened factoriesand studios there, the numbers had swelled to 16,662.The Federal government officially recognized Burbank's status in 1923 when the UnitedStates Postal Service reclassified the city from the rural village mail deliveryclassification to city postal delivery service.