The completion of a Pacific Electric Railway line through Somerset Ranch in 1905. and the vision of founders Emil Firth and Frank E. Woodruff to subdivide large ranches into townsized lots provided a catalyst for growth. By 1912. Bellflowers population numbered more than 1.200. Bellflower remained a rural community for many years and became known for its dairy and poultry farming. Many Dutch. Portuguese. Hispanic and Japanese immigrants settled in the area to take advantage of the communitys thriving agriculture industry. and by the late 1940s. Bellflowers population boomed to more than 44.000. As the towns population continued to grow. the community began to consider incorporation.
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