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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 for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]
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.
From 1876 to 1931, a 63-mile (101 km) water flume carried lumber from the mountains to Madera, where the lumber was shipped by train. The first post office at Madera opened in 1877. [11] [10] On May 16, 1893, Madera County officially became a county of the state of California [12] and the town incorporated as the City of Madera on March 27 ...
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]
Sugar Pine is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. [1] It is located 5 miles (8 km) north of Yosemite Forks , [ 2 ] at an elevation of 4236 feet (1291 m). [ 1 ] It is located 1 mile east of California State Route 41 , between Oakhurst, California and the South Entrance of Yosemite National Park .
Borden (formerly, Alabama Settlement and Arcola) is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. [1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Madera, [2] at an elevation of 272 feet (83 m). [1] The first settlers came from Alabama in 1858, whence its original name. [2]
Many original pioneer structures are on display at the Fresno Flats Historical Village and Park including the 1869 Taylor Log House, where Boot Taylor, one of the first Sierra National Forest rangers was raised, the two-story Laramore-Layman House, built in the 1870s, the Raymond Jail built in 1890, and several single-room schoolhouses.
Madera Ranchos is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States. [2] It lies at an elevation of 341 feet (104 m). [4] As of the 2020 census it had a population of 3,623. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Madera Ranchos as a census-designated place (CDP).