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Archaic place name

33°59′04″N 118°26′49″W / 33.98444°N 118.44694°W / 33.98444; -118.44694

Machado refers to three locations in Los Angeles, California, all named for the rancho-era Machado family. Machado is a name derived from Portuguese, meaning "hatchet", The family may have used a hatchet to mark their lands: An 1855 real estate description mentions a "cottonwood tree marked with cuts of a hatchet."

(1) Machado is a former rail stop in Los Angeles County, California. It laid at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). Machado was a stop on the Venice–Inglewood Line just north of Alla Junction; the line, which dated to the late 19th century, was lightly used for both passengers and freight. Machado still appeared on USGS maps as of 1934.

(2) Machado post office was organized circa 1878 when an application was made to the Post Office Department. The new Machado post office station was located northwest quarter section 12 township 2W range 15 west, half a mile north of Ballona Creek and one mile west of La Ballona station.

(3) Machado Lake was a 19th century name for Bixby Slough, now Harbor Regional Park lake.

Venice–Inglewood

Legend

					Air Line
					Ocean Park
					Venice Short Line
					Venice Blvd.
					Recreation Gun Club
					Del Rey Gun Club
					Machado
					Alla
					Redondo via Playa del Rey
					Alsace
					Mesmer
					Inglewood
					5

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References

Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 195.
"Ballona 1855". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Machado, California
Machado post office La Ballona Station LAIRR 1878 Culver City, 22 May 1878, Microfilm M1126, Post Office Department Records of Site Locations, 1837–1955 (683 rolls). M1126 has been digitized and made available online through the National Archives Catalog (National Archives Identifier 608210). Roll 55: California, Los Angeles, M–Z https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68228967?objectPage=4

v t e Former settlements of Los Angeles County, California
Post-colonial placenames; for settlements of indigenous peoples, see Tongva villages
Old placenames: Annandale Bairdstown Barnes City Bartolo Colegrove Edendale Eldoradoville Falling Springs Girard Holland Summit Ivanhoe Lankershim Las Tunas Little Lake Malibu Mar Vista Mentryville Mission Acres Moneta Mud Spring Old Chinatown Owensmouth Palisades Del Rey Savannah Sonoratown Tropico Victorian Downtown Virgenes Wahoo Walteria Wilmar Wilsona Zaferia
Rail stops: Alla Cypress Grove Holton Hyperion Machado Motordrome Port Ballona
Stagecoach stops: Cow Springs King's Station Lyons Station Widow Smith's Station
Townships: Los Angeles Township San Jose Township Soledad Township Tejon Township

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