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Madera County (/ məˈdɛərə / ⓘ), officially the County of Madera, is a county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. [2] It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada, with Madera serving as the county seat. [3] Established in 1893 from part of Fresno ...
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 ]
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 ...
Madera County: 039: Madera: 1893: Fresno: The city of Madera, which was named for the lumber industry it was created for; madera is Spanish for "wood" or "timber". General Law 162,858: 2,138 sq mi (5,537 km 2) Marin County: 041: San Rafael: 1850: original: Chief Marin, "great chief of the tribe Licatiut" (a branch of the Coast Miwok people ...
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.
Bonadelle Ranchos and Madera Ranchos are a pair of communities in Madera County, California, United States. They are part of the Madera – Chowchilla Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prior to 2020, the communities were part of the Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos Census Designated Place, with a population of 8,569 at the 2010 census. [2]
Chowchilla is a city in Madera County, California, United States. [3] The city's population was 19,039 at the 2020 census. [4] Chowchilla is located 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Madera, [5] at an elevation of 240 feet (73 m). [3] The city is the location of two prisons: Central California Women's Facility and Valley State Prison.
Parksdale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States. It is part of the Madera Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,234 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 2,621 in 2010.