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Madera County (/ m ə ˈ d ɛər ə / ⓘ), officially the County of Madera, is a county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. [3] It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada, with Madera serving as the county seat. [4]
Madera (Spanish for "Wood") is a city and county seat of Madera County, located in the San Joaquin Valley of California. [9] As of the 2020 United States census , the city's population was 66,224. [ 8 ]
Bass Lake, situated in Madera County, California, within the Sierra National Forest and approximately 14 mi (23 km) south of Yosemite National Park, is a popular recreational area. The lake, formed by the Crane Valley Dam on Willow Creek, a tributary to the San Joaquin River , spans about four miles (6.4 km) in length and one-half mile (0.80 km ...
Madera County: 039: Madera: 1893: Fresno: The city of Madera, which was named for the lumber industry it was created for; madera is Spanish for "wood" or "timber". General Law 162,858: 2,138 sq mi (5,537 km 2) Marin County: 041: San Rafael: 1850: original: Chief Marin, "great chief of the tribe Licatiut" (a branch of the Coast Miwok people ...
This list includes properties and districts listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in Madera County, California. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Location of Madera County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Madera County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madera County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Natural history of Madera County, California (1 C, 4 P) P. People from Madera County, California (3 C, 14 P) T. Tourist attractions in Madera County, California (3 C ...
The county comprised its current area and all of what became Madera County and parts of what are today San Benito, Tulare, Kings, Inyo, and Mono counties. Election of county officers also took place in 1856. [4] In 1857, the first county-built jail structure was completed but a prisoner demonstrated it was easily escapable due to poor construction.