By 1885; Daniel Freeman owned a successful 25;000-acre ranch along the coastline in Southern California. That year; he sold parcels to J.S. Vosberg; and this became the site of the town of El Segundo. The Standard Oil Company of California purchased 840 acres of dunes in June 1911; and R.J. Hanna was hired to construct and manage the new refinery. His wife is credited with naming the town El Segundo (�the second�); as it was the location of the second Standard Oil plant. The city quickly expanded and was incorporated on January 18; 1917. From an early oil town to the �Aerospace Capital of the World� in the mid-1950s; El Segundo today includes a thriving residential community as well as several Fortune 500 corporations; an Air Force base; and the Chevron El Segundo Refinery.
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