Donna Hull wrote: > for 1920 census does anyone have a clue as to how that > area was listed in Los Angeles Co.? I'm assuming it > was L. A. Co. In my prior wild-guess opinion, I said that Sawtelle was probably in Malibu Township, L.A. County, in 1920, although this makes no sense. I did a little more research and find that Sawtelle was definitely in Malibu Township in 1920, although this still makes no sense. The book, "History of Los Angeles County," edited by John Steven McGroarty, 1923, gives a table of places with their populations of 1890, 1900, 1910, and 1920 on pages 22 and 23. On this table, one line is for "Malibu Township with Sawtelle city." Population numbers for 1890 and 1900 are blank (because Malibu Twp. didn't exist yet), then populations appear for 1910 and 1920. Clearly, "Malibu Township with Sawtelle city" was created between 1900 and 1910 and existed in 1910 and 1920. Old news is that the old soldiers' home next to the town of Sawtelle was opened in 1889. Sawtelle the town (not the soldiers' home) was annexed to the City of Los Angeles in 1922. The solders' home was *not* annexed to the City of L.A. It is on county turf today. Sawtelle and the soldiers' home are today located just a tad east of Santa Monica. Old news also is that the 1920 census for the soldiers' home next to the town of Sawtelle has "Malibu Township" at the tops of its pages. This "Malibu Township" thing is still a mystery, because Malibu is nowhere near the place. I am coming around to the opinion that "townships" in L.A. were established for the sole purpose of baffling modern researchers, as the townships seem to have no other function, now or then. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.