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Hanford's namesake was James Madison Hanford, an executive for the company. The earliest known document labeling the settlement as "Hanford" is an 1876 map of Tulare County which once included the territory of present-day Kings County. [6] Tracks were laid through a sheep camp in 1877.
The Hanford Joint Union High School District (HJUHSD) serves the northwestern portion of Kings County, California.The schools are located in Hanford, the county seat. HJUHSD in Hanford consists of a total of 3,522 students from Hanford High School, Hanford West High School, Earl F. Johnson Continuation School, and Hanford Adult S
All of SR 198 was added to the state highway system in the three bond issues floated to pay for the construction of the system. The first bond issue, approved by the state's voters in 1910, included the road from Visalia west to Hanford, connecting the two county seats with the central north–south highway (Route 4, now SR 99).
Kings County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.The population was 152,486 at the 2020 census. [5] The county seat is Hanford. [6]Kings County comprises the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Visalia-Porterville-Hanford, CA combined statistical area.
Constructed in an eclectic mix of styles in a park in the center of Hanford, it was expanded in 1914. The building served as the county's courthouse until 1976 when it was replaced by the new Kings County Government Center on West Lacey Boulevard.
Get the Hanford, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... See maps. Firefighters continue to battle multiple fires that broke out this month, destroying more than 16,000 ...
Feb. 7—The deadline for submitting redistricting maps to the City of Hanford is approaching soon. The revised deadline for Hanford residents to submit their proposed redistricting maps is Feb. 18.
Kings County was partitioned from Tulare County in 1893; the county seat was established at Hanford. [2]1896/1914 Kings County Courthouse in Hanford, California (2007) Court was initially held in a space leased in the local opera house; the superior court was moved to the second floor (over the jail) alongside the sheriff's office at West Sixth and Irwin.