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Hanford, California

Hanford is in Kings County.

Well-Known Places in Hanford

China Alley and the Taoist Temple, Hanford Fox Theatre, Hanford Carnegie Museum.

Hanford Business Districts

• China Alley

About Hanford, California

Hanford is an agricultural city and the seat of Kings County in California's San Joaquin Valley. Born as a Southern Pacific Railroad town and named for a paymaster who reportedly handed out wages in gold, it grew a nationally famous Chinatown (China Alley) and a fine-dining legend, the Imperial Dynasty. It remains a farm-country hub surrounded by dairies, cotton, and one of the Navy's largest air stations.

History of Hanford

• Southern Pacific laid tracks through a sheep camp in 1877; the town was named for James Madison Hanford, a railroad paymaster remembered for paying workers in gold coins
• The Mussel Slough Tragedy of May 1880 - a deadly land-title gun battle between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad about 5.6 miles northwest of town - left seven men dead and became a symbol of railroad-monopoly conflict
• Incorporated as a city in 1891 (driven largely by the need for fire protection); its first census counted about 269 residents

Landmarks and Places in Hanford

• Hanford Fox Theatre, a 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival movie palace
• The Bastille (built 1897), the former county jail turned event/entertainment venue

The Hanford Economy

• Kings County government (Hanford is the county seat) and Adventist Health are major employers
• Del Monte Foods operated a large tomato cannery in Hanford
• Naval Air Station Lemoore, a U.S. Navy master jet base, is nearby and a significant regional employer

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.ci.hanford.ca.us, www.kvpr.org