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Agoura Hills, CaliforniaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Agoura Hills is a city (incorporated in 1982) in Los Angeles County, California, and hasthe ZIP code 91301. The population was 20,537 at the 2000 census. This bedroomcommunity on the Ventura Freeway (U.S. Route 101) sits on the border between LosAngeles and Ventura County. It is approximately 32 miles from the downtown LosAngeles civic center.HistoryThe area was first settled by the Chumash Indians, and later by Spanish Franciscanmissionaries. The community of Agoura was first known as Picture City. In order for thetown to get its own post office, the residents were required to choose a one-word name,so in 1927 they chose a misspelling of the last name of Pierre Agoure, a local Basquerancher from the 1890s. Housing tracts quickly covered the land in the late 1960's. On 8December 1982, most of the city split off from the unincorporated town of Agoura andbecame the city of Agoura Hills.The historic Reyes Adobe Museum (c. 1820), from the Rancho Las Virgenes, owned bythe Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department, is in Agoura Hills. [1] [2]GeographyAgoura Hills is located at 34°9′12″N, 118°45′42″W (34.153365, -118.761805) GR1 .The city calls itself the "Gateway to the Santa Monica Mountains National RecreationArea". U.S. Route 101 passes from east to west through the city. Many residents of the[citation needed]city, however, refer to it as "A-Town" or "The Bubble".