Some city districts are born and others are made. The Electronics District didn’t exist until about three years ago. Whether it even exists now is a matter of debate.

Cartographer Graham Marriott was driving around the wholesale industrial district just east of the Fashion District when he noticed a cluster of electronics shops.

“It started at 11th and 12th streets just these little roads that don’t really go anywhere, but there were all these wholesale electronics dealers,” said Marriott, whose company, Cartifact LLC, makes maps for real estate companies. He decided the area warranted a district of its own, so he renamed the section on a 2002 map.

The Electronics District, according to data assembled by CB Richard Ellis Inc. and Marriott’s map, stretches from Ninth Street to the Santa Monica Freeway, bordered by San Pedro Street on the west and Alameda Street on the east.

The area is mostly warehouses and distribution centers. During the day, streets and alleys are blocked with delivery trucks and the metallic screeches of trucks loading and unloading. By 7 p.m., the place is empty.

Joe Salvemini, assistant principal of Central Continuation High School/Tri-C., said there has been construction in the neighborhood for years, as wholesalers tear down old buildings and build new warehouse and retail space for the garment district. Marriott said that the western side is more fashion than electronics, but more electronic shops are coming.

Carman Electronics moved to 11th Street seven years ago, and AETI electronics wholesaler moved to Stanford Street eight years ago. There are shops scattered all the way to 14th Street.

The biggest landowner is actually Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles, which owns nine pieces of property covering more than 18 acres of land. The Los Angeles Unified School District owns more than 10 acres. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority also owns seven and a half acres, but the rest of the area is divided into small holdings.