Moneta, California

Predominantly a Japanese-American farming community prior to World War II,[1] Moneta and Strawberry Park became part of Gardena when it was incorporated in 1930.

They named their subdivision either a truly Moorish Alhambra, a Spanish-sounding Moneta, or simply gave it a Spanish ending as in Walteria.

[12] The re-establishment of Moneta as more than a railway siding began in 1904, as part of a larger development boom across the coastal plain of Los Angeles, which resulted in the foundation of "Graham, Moneta, Willowbrook, Venice, Naples, Athens, Belmont Heights, Mar Vista, Walnut Park, Hollydale, and Beverly Hills.

[13] Japanese-run farms existed throughout Los Angeles County in the early 20th century, the largest concentration of which were in Moneta and Gardena by 1910.

[15] The Moneta branch of the Los Angeles County Free Library opened in 1913 in the post office building and moved to a dedicated rented space the following year.

"Monita" on a map of Los Angeles County published October 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition
Moneta, Gardena, Strawberry Park, as surveyed in 1894; the body of water at the bottom of the frame was then called Nigger Slough , later Dominguez Slough , and survives today in fragmentary form as Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve