Chinatown

Overview
San Angelo's Chinatown spans 50 square blocks. This neighborhood has the highest population density of any in San Angelo. Founded by Chinese railroad workers in the late 1800s.

Now no longer solely Chinese, the neighborhood has also become home to Japanese, Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Thai, Korean and Filipino immigrants.

History
Founded in 1865 by workers from the Valley Pacific Railroad, brought to California to work on the railway.

In 1873, in an effort to blot out the tongs (and suggest that Chinatown itself be eradicated) the Sam Amgelo Clarion reports on the rise of criminal tongs controlling illegal gambling, prostitution, opium dens and other crime in Chinatown.

Notable Items
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Appearances
San Angelo: City of Heroes (1998)

The Dragon's Gate: San Angelo's Chinatown (__)