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Welcome to the Signal Hill Home page. The Signal Hill Home page provides as much information as possible on Signal Hill. Knowing Signal Hill’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Signal Hill’s Home page, you will also find Signal Hill’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Signal Hill has a population of 11430. 47.3% of Signal Hill’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.7 are female. 39.1% of Signal Hill is married and 49.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $534,675, and the average rent is $1,600. Household median income in Signal Hill is $86,140, and the individual median income is $42,457. Signal Hill’s Ethnic is the following: White(50.1%), Hispanic(36.6%), Asian(21.6%), Other(11.6%), Black(11.3%), Multiple(5.2%), Pacific(0.2%), Native(0.1%).


Signal Hill changed forever when oil was discovered. The hill would soon become part of the Long Beach Oil Field, one of the most productive oil fields in the world. On June 23, 1921, Royal Dutch Shell's Alamitos #1 well erupted. The gas pressure was so great the gusher rose 114 ft (35 m) in the air.


Soon Signal Hill was covered with over 100 oil derricks, and because of its prickly appearance at a distance became known as "Porcupine Hill". Today, many of the original oil wells and pumpjacks are gone, although Signal Hill is still a productive oil field and several wells and derricks still remain.


Signal Hill is now a mix of residential and commercial areas. The city was incorporated on April 22, 1924. Among the reasons for incorporation was avoiding annexation by Long Beach with its zoning restrictions and per-barrel oil tax. Proving to be a progressive city, Signal Hill elected as its first mayor, Mrs.


Jessie Nelson. She was California's first female mayor.


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