Koreatown, Garden Grove

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Koreatown (also referred to as Little Seoul and the Korean Business District on nearby street signage) is on Garden Grove Boulevard between Beach Boulevard (Route 39) and Brookhurst Street in Garden Grove, Orange County, California. The Korean population in Orange County more than doubled between 1990 and 2010. [1]

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References

  1. Pyong Gap Min & Chigong Kim. "Growth and Settlement Patterns of Korean Americans". In Min, Pyong Gap (2013). Koreans in North America : their twenty-first century experiences. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 50. ISBN   9780739178140.

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Coordinates: 33°46′N117°58′W / 33.77°N 117.96°W / 33.77; -117.96