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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 ]
Populated places in Madera County, California, including cities, towns, and unincorporated settlements (CDPs, neighborhoods, etc.) Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Oakhurst (formerly Fresno Flats) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States, 14 miles (23 km) south of the entrance to Yosemite National Park, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
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It was built in 1900 using granite quarried within the county. The courthouse was the first significant public building constructed in Madera County. The building is topped by a clock tower; the tower fell in a 1906 fire but was rebuilt. In 1953, the county government left the courthouse, as a survey found the building to be unsafe. [2]
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 ...
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.