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Hanford, Kings County, California, USA



 


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Wikipedia 2018:

Hanford is an important commercial and cultural center in the south central San Joaquin Valley and is the county seat of Kings County, California. It is the principal city of the Hanford-Corcoran metropolitan area (MSA Code 25260), which encompasses all of Kings County, including the cities of Hanford and Corcoran. The ZIP Code is 93230 (93232 for post office boxes). The city of Hanford is surrounded by communities that do not fall within the city limits but use the same zip code. These communities include Grangeville, Hardwick and Home Garden.

The population was 53,967 at the 2010 census. The California Department of Finance estimated that the city's population was 55,645 as of January 1, 2017.

History:

The Hanford area was inhabited by the Tachi Yokut Indians for several thousand years prior to Euro-American contact. They occupied areas along watercourses such as creeks, springs and seep areas (such as sloughs), along perennial and seasonal drainages, as well as flat ridges and terraces. Therefore, the areas along streams are considered likely locations for prehistoric cultural resources. Permanent villages were usually placed on an elevation above the seasonal flood levels. Surrounding areas were used for hunting and seed, acorn, and grass gathering.

Hanford is named for James Madison Hanford, a railroad executive, after the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks were laid through a sheep camp in the year 1877. According to History of Kings County: "It was but a short step from sheep-camp to village and with the railroad as an attraction the village flourished and became a town within a few historic months."

In 1880, a dispute over land titles between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad resulted in a bloody gun battle on a farm 5.6 mi (9.0 km) northwest of Hanford that left seven men dead. This event became famous as the Mussel Slough Tragedy.

A post office was set up in 1887.

Several times, major fires destroyed much of the young community's business district. The need for fire protection led to the town becoming an incorporated city in 1891. Its first mayor was local resident Yamon LeBaron.

An electrical generating plant was built in 1891 by pioneering flour miller H.G. Lacey, bringing the first electric lights to the city. The Lacey Milling Company was still operating in Hanford in 2016.

The first public high school, Hanford Union High School, was started in 1892 with one teacher, W. S. Cranmer, and an average enrollment of fourteen.

When Kings County was created in 1893 from the western part of Tulare County, Hanford became its county seat.

A second railroad was laid through Hanford in 1897, which today is the main north-south line of the BNSF Railway through the San Joaquin Valley. The original east-west Southern Pacific Railroad branch line is now operated by the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.

In 1901, a restaurant called the Star opened on Sixth Street across from the Southern Pacific tracks. The Star Restaurant was still doing business at the same location in 2017.

Saloons flourished in Hanford's early days despite an anti-saloon movement until the town voted to become "dry" in 1912, eight years before nationwide Prohibition in the United States took effect.

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Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Fode, Howard Roy  5 Sep 1974Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I115476
2 Fode, Otto Emanuel  3 Jun 1974Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I115470
3 Haun, Susan Agnes  8 Dez 1915Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I25859
4 Moody, Charles S.  29 Jan 1927Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I25029
5 Moody, Lester Dee  19 Jan 1985Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I25075
6 Moody, Pearl Evelyn  18 Jan 1953Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I25070
7 Remboldt, Erwin J.  5 Jun 2004Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I115759
8 Schmierer, Cora Lorraine  10 Apr 2004Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I118829
9 Shepherd, Harry Walter  11 Nov 1934Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I25921

Beerdigung

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Beerdigung    Personen-Kennung 
1 Moody, Mary Frances  13 Mai 1921Hanford, Kings County, California, USA I25026

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Moody / Paddock  22 Dez 1886Hanford, Kings County, California, USA F8553