either born or have resided there, among them: former
Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush; actors
Kevin Costner, James Coburn and Niecy Nash; humorist
Mort Sahl; "Today Show" co-host Al Roker; former NFL
Commissioner Pete Rozelle, and hall of fame athletes
Eddie Murray, Ozzie Smith and Anthony Munoz.
Compton is one of the oldest communities in Southern
California. The territory was settled in 1867 by a band of
30 families who were led to the area from Stockton by
Griffith Dickenson Compton. Originally called Gipsonville
and later Comptonville, the settlement became Compton
in 1869. By 1887, a petition supporting the incorporation
of Compton was delivered to the Los Angeles ..."
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