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Fresno has a total area of 116 square miles (300 km 2) with 98.96% land covering 114.79 square miles (297.3 km 2), and 1.04% water, 1.21 square miles (3.1 km 2). Fresno's location, very near the geographical center of California, places the city a comfortable distance from many of the major recreation areas and urban centers in the state.
1954 – Peoples Church and Fresno Philharmonic founded. 1955 – Bernice F. Sisk becomes U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district. [23] 1960 – Mexican American Political Association founded. [24] 1961 – City of Fresno Takes over municipal bus service. 1962 – Farm Workers Association founding meeting held in Fresno ...
Fresno County (/ ˈ f r ɛ z n oʊ / ⓘ), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. [3] [5] The county seat is Fresno, [6] the fifth-most populous city in California.
The city of Clovis began as a freight stop along the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.Organized on January 15, 1890, by Fresno businessmen Thomas E. Hughes, Fulton Berry, Gilbert R. Osmun, H.D. Colson, John D. Gray, and William M. Williams, in partnership with Michigan railroad speculator Marcus Pollasky, the SJVRR began construction in Fresno on July 4, 1891, and reached the farmlands of Clovis M ...
Fresno County Ordinance Code from Municode This page was last edited on 15 July 2024, at 03:23 ... This page was last edited on 15 July 2024, at 03:23 (UTC).
The Fresno State Library is a main resource for recorded knowledge and information supporting the teaching, research, and service functions of Fresno State. [23] The library was opened in 2009. It houses 1,000,000 books in its 327,920 sq ft (30,465 m 2). [24] The shelves amount to over 20 miles (32 km) in length. [24]
Selma is a city in Fresno County, California. The population was 24,674 at the 2020 census , [ 9 ] up from 23,319 at the 2010 census and 19,240 at the 2000 census . Selma is located 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Fresno , [ 10 ] at an elevation of 308 feet (94 m).
Fort Washington Golf and Country Club is a private golf club in northeast Fresno, California established in 1923. The club's name originates from a gold rush-era United States Cavalry fortification built nearby along the San Joaquin River in 1850. The fort was destroyed by a flood two years after it was built.