Monday, June 29, 2026

Question: Los Angeles was founded as a Spanish pueblo in 1781. How many original settlers, known as “Los Pobladores,” established the town?

Answer: 44. Eleven families consisting of 11 men, 11 women, and 22 children founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles on September 4, 1781. They were recruited from the Spanish colonial provinces of Sonora y Sinaloa, in present-day northwestern Mexico, with some coming from nearby areas of New Spain.