Agoura Hills is a city (incorporated in 1982) in Los Angeles County. This city on the Ventura Freeway (U.S. Route 101) straddles the border between the county of Los Angeles to the east, west and south and Ventura County to the north. It is approximately 30 miles west of the Downtown Los Angeles and less than 10 miles west of the Los Angeles City limits (Woodland Hills), and is located in the eastern Conejo Valley.
The area was first settled by the Chumash Indians, and later by Spanish Franciscan missionaries. As the California coast was settled by Spaniards in the 1500s, El Camino Real, a road from Loreto, BCS, Mexico to Sonoma, California, and connecting the Spanish missions in California, was built through the heart of what would later be known as Agoura Hills.
Agoura Hills is known regionally for its live music scene and artistic originality in the alt/rap-metal scene, a fame that has given rise to such top acts as Hoobastank, Underwood, Delve, and Linkin Park.
The Las Virgenes Unified School District serves Agoura Hills.
