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 Sweeper Parts El Monte - El Monte lies within Los Angeles County in California, USA. It is situated east of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. It is an industrial, residential and commercial city with a population that, during 2000, totaled 115,965. During 2002, it was ranked the 44th largest city in the state of California and the 191st largest city in the United States. Historically, it is referred to as "The End of the Santa Fe Trail."
The city of El Monte was initially an island in the middle of the San Gabriel Valley. The island is about 4 miles wide and 7 miles long. The name El Monte was not formally named after a mountain like some people do assume. El Monte literally means 'the wooded place' or 'meadow or marsh'. The city was named by Spanish missionaries and soldiers who stopped here in between 1770 and 1830. The island was situated between two rivers and was richly abundant in alders, wispy willows, cattails, as well as wild grapefruit and watercress. In the 1850's, when the state was organized into more organized townships, the State Legislature named it the El Monte Township. The name didn't last and fast reverted to simply El Monte.
According to the 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city include: Wells Fargo, which employs 1,800 people, El Monte Union High School District, that employs 1,742 people, Mountain View Elementary School District, which employs 1,007 people, Vons, that hires 736 people, Longo Toyota-Lexus, that hires 600 people, City of El Monte, that employs 526 people, M.C. Gill Corporation, Driftwood Dairy, and the Cathay Bank, all of who each employs 250 people.
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