I kid you not, Tarzana is cool! Which came first, Tarzana, or Tarzan?

[norml]

Claim: The Southern California community of Tarzana was so named after the famous "ape man" character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the town's early residents.
Status: False.

Origins: Edgar
Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan, was born in Chicago in 1875. After being booted out of the Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., Burroughs attended Orchard Lake Michigan Military Academy and later served in the cavalry for nearly a year in Arizona.


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http://www.snopes.com/lost/tarzan.htm


http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Tarzana,+CA

[norml]

1. Come on. Give it a read. It's an interesting fun fact.

Tarzana came first.