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{{Short description|Archaic placename}}
'''Little Lake''' is the name of a former settlement in [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]], in what is now the cities of [[Santa Fe Springs, California|Santa Fe Springs]], [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]] and [[Downey, California|Downey]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recreation plan for the city of Whittier and environs, Los Angeles Co., California / prepared for the WRRPC [by H. C. Hutchins and D. L. Kline]. |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112072163451&seq=49&q1=%22Little+Lake%22 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=HathiTrust |language=en}}</ref> Little Lake was known as {{Lang|es|La Laguna Chiquita}} during the Mexican California era, and was part of [[Rancho Santa Gertrudes]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1953-11-05 |title=Little Lake |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-whittier-news-little-lake/157098166/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |work=The Whittier News |pages=4}}</ref> Early settlers of the community included the families of William Warren Orr (1833–1915) and James Warren Day (1836–1887), who give their names to Orr and Day Road.
Little Lake gives its name to the extant [[Little Lake City School District]], Little Lake Cemetery, and Little Lake Park in Santa Fe Springs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1953-11-05 |title=Little Lake (con't) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-whittier-news-little-lake-cont/157098319/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |work=The Whittier News |pages=5}}</ref>
== References ==
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