Lake Sherwood, California | |
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 Lake Sherwood and theSanta Monica Mountains | |
 Location of Lake Sherwood in Ventura County, California. | |
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| Coordinates:34°07′34″N118°53′17″W / 34.12611°N 118.88806°W /34.12611; -118.88806 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Ventura |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.349 sq mi (8.674 km2) |
| • Land | 3.137 sq mi (8.126 km2) |
| • Water | 0.212 sq mi (0.548 km2) 6.32% |
| Elevation | 1,194 ft (364 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,759 |
| • Density | 560.6/sq mi (216.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 91361 |
| Area code | 805 |
| FIPS code | 06-39735 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2585428 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Sherwood, California | |
Lake Sherwood is anunincorporated community in theSanta Monica Mountains, inVentura County,California overlookingLake Sherwood reservoir. It is a body contact lake (swimming, fishing,standup paddleboarding (SUP), and boating are allowed), located south of theConejo Valley and city ofThousand Oaks, and west ofWestlake Village. The lake is naturally fed by thousand of acres of open-space, watershed mountains and natural springs.
While homes have been around the lake since the reservoir was created by the construction ofSherwood Dam in 1901, the community expanded with the development of theSherwood Country Club golf course surrounded by luxury homes.
The ZIP Code is 91361, and the community is insidearea code 805. The population was 1,759 at the 2020 census. For statistical purposes, theUnited States Census Bureau has defined Lake Sherwood as acensus-designated place (CDP).[2] The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name.
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According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 3.3 square miles (8.7 km2), 3.1 square miles (8.1 km2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2) of it (6.32%) is water.[1]
Lake Sherwood has approximately 660 residences and consists of a guard-gated golf-club community, three electronic-gated communities, and lake-view homes along Lake Sherwood Drive. The area is almost completely residential, most residents using neighboring Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, orAgoura Hills for commercial needs.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 1,527 | — | |
| 2020 | 1,759 | 15.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] 1850–1870[5][6] 1880-1890[7] 1900[8] 1910[9] 1920[10] 1930[11] 1940[12] 1950[13] 1960[14] 1970[15] 1980[16] 1990[17]2000[18] 2010[19] | |||
Lake Sherwood first appeared as acensus designated place in the2010 U.S. census.[19]
The2020 United States census reported that Lake Sherwood had a population of 1,759. The population density was 560.7 inhabitants per square mile (216.5/km2). The racial makeup of Lake Sherwood was 1,432 (81.4%)White, 5 (0.3%)African American, 4 (0.2%)Native American, 143 (8.1%)Asian, 1 (0.1%)Pacific Islander, 33 (1.9%) fromother races, and 141 (8.0%) from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 121 persons (6.9%).[20]
The whole population lived in households. There were 662 households, out of which 163 (24.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 446 (67.4%) were married-couple households, 25 (3.8%) werecohabiting couple households, 107 (16.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 84 (12.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 116 households (17.5%) were one person, and 57 (8.6%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.66.[20] There were 517families (78.1% of all households).[21]
The age distribution was 315 people (17.9%) under the age of 18, 162 people (9.2%) aged 18 to 24, 232 people (13.2%) aged 25 to 44, 599 people (34.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 451 people (25.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.2 males.[20]
There were 706 housing units at an average density of 225.1 units per square mile (86.9 units/km2), of which 662 (93.8%) were occupied. Of these, 580 (87.6%) were owner-occupied, and 82 (12.4%) were occupied by renters.[20]
The area is served by theConejo Valley Unified School District.[22] Students attend Westlake Elementary, Colina Middle School, and Westlake High School.
Among the notable residents are hockey greatWayne Gretzky, who lived in a Georgian-style estate designed by fellow Canadian, Richard Landry. Gretzky sold the estate in 2007 for 18.5 million to another sports-star, baseball'sLenny Dykstra and moved to a slightly less extravagant mansion in the community. Since then, Dykstra's financial and legal problems forced him to sell the estate to a private individual and move away from the community. Dykstra declared bankruptcy, causing him to lose the property to foreclosure and in 2018 Gretzky repurchased the same property that he previously sold to Dykstra.[23] SingerPaul Anka moved to Lake Sherwood in 2007 and owns multiple properties in the exclusive neighborhood.Tom Petty lived in a lakefront retreat that was originally built in 1931. Producer/Author/JournalistLarry Garrison resides with his wife. The tennis legendPete Sampras and his wife, actressBridgette Wilson, built a very large, modern, hilltop estate they have since moved from the house.Britney Spears moved to the community in 2011 but recently moved into nearbyHidden Valley. Many other famous inhabitants own property in the community, however, they are only part-time residents and use their estates as a second home or as a retreat.Sylvester Stallone owned a lakefront hideaway that was featured in the filmAmerican Pie. Also,William Randolph Hearst, who was one of the first famous residents in the area and owned property around the lake, used his estate as a vacation getaway during the 1920s and 1930s.
Lake Sherwood lies just west of several majormovie ranches and has frequently been used as afilming location for television shows likeThe Dukes of Hazzard,The Rockford Files, andLittle House on the Prairie.
Lake Sherwood was named from being the location for Sherwood Forest in the 1922 film,Robin Hood, starring Douglas Fairbanks.[24] The 1938 film,The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, also had a single scene shot on location at "Sherwood Forest".
A mock cliff was constructed for severalfilm serials, the lake was often used for motorboat chases and bordering forests were used forTarzan andJungle Jim films, andThe Tiger Woman.[25] A full scale Tibetan village was built forLost Horizon,[26] an Italian village for Blake Edwards'sWhat Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) and an alien village for Jonathan Frakes'sStar Trek: Insurrection (1998).[27]
Films shot in Lake Sherwood include:[28][29]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |