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Fresno State Normal School founded. [18] Sunnyside Country Club opens. 1913 – Commercial Club organized. [11] 1914 – Holy Trinity Church built. 1918 Sun-Maid raisin facility begins operating. Bank of Italy building constructed. 1919 – Fresno Historical Society [8] and Temple Beth Israel founded. 1921 – Fresno State College established ...
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.
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 five-member elected Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) is the county legislature. The board operates in a legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial capacity. As a legislative authority, it can pass ordinances for the unincorporated areas (ordinances that affect the whole county, like posting of restaurant ratings, must be ratified by the individual city).
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 ...
California State University, Fresno was founded as the Fresno State Normal School in 1911 with Charles Lourie McLane as its first president. [19] It was one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools. Some closed but most steadily expanded their role and became ...
Fresno City is a former settlement in Fresno County, California. [1] It was located at the head of navigation on Fresno Slough 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Tranquillity, [2] at an elevation of 164 feet (50 m). [1] The city was named after the Spanish word for the Oregon Ash trees that commonly grew along the river banks.
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). [7]