Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of 2004, the city had a population of 105,400.Burbank is located in the eastern region of the San Fernando Valley, north of Downtown Los Angeles.Billed as the "Media Capital of the World", many media and entertainment companies are headquartered or have significant production facilities in Burbank, including NBC Universal, The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros. Entertainment.The town grew steadily, weathering the drought and depression that hit Los Angeles in the 1890s and in 20 years, the community now consisted of its own bank, newspaper, high school and a thriving business district with a hardware store, livery stable, dry goods store, general store, and a bicycle repair shop.The population would petition the State Legislature to incorporate and formally become a city on July 8, 1911, naming Thomas Story, a local businessman, as their first mayor. |