Hanford (California)
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| Foundation : | August 12, 1891 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Kings County |
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 20 ′ N , 119 ° 39 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
55,547 (as of 2016) 149,785 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 1,638.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 33.9 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 76 m |
| Postcodes : | 93230, 93232 |
| Area code : | +1 559 |
| FIPS : | 06-31960 |
| GNIS ID : | 1660714 |
| Mayor : | Joaquin D. Gonzalez |
Hanford is a city in Kings County in the US state of California with 55,547 inhabitants (as of 2016). In 2010 the place had 54,076 inhabitants. The geographical coordinates are: 36.33 ° North, 119.65 ° West. The urban area has a size of 33.9 km².
history
In 1877 the Southern Pacific Railway built a rail line that crossed the Chinese shepherd settlement. On January 17, 1877, parcels were sold. The settlement was named after the railway director James Madison Hanford (1827-1911), as he himself had shown great interest in the land in the region. Hanford became a trading center.
In the following period there were devastating fires on July 12, 1887 and June 19, 1891, each of which completely destroyed the city center and the business district. On July 19, 1891, a group of business people applied for the city to be founded. The election on August 8, 1891 ended with the result of 127 votes for the establishment of a separate city and 47 for an incorporation into Tulare County . Four days later the handwritten statutes were submitted to the Secretary of State and the city of Hanford was formally proclaimed on August 12, 1891. When Kings County was formed from parts of Tulare County in 1893 , Hanford became the administrative center.
In the young city there were soon churches, schools and an opera house . It was the only opera house between Los Angeles and San Francisco . Construction of a hall known as the Civic Auditorium began in 1923 and was completed in 1924. It is in downtown Hanford today. The main auditorium is used intensively by community groups and organizations.
It is known, among other things, as the seat of the Kings Symphony Orchestra and the Hanford Carnegie Museum , which was built in 1974 and emerged from the library of the same name ( Carnegie Library ).
economy
Electric vehicle company Faraday Future announced on August 7, 2017 that a lease agreement for a new production facility in Hanford had been signed and refurbishment and prep work began. The new production facility is a factory site belonging to Pirelli ⊙ that has been vacant since 2001 and is 300,000 m² in size. It offers space for 1,300 workplaces in 3 shifts.
sons and daughters of the town
- Leslie Bassett (1923–2016), composer and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Tyson Chandler (born 1982), basketball player
- Tyler Henry Koelewyn (born 1996), reality show personality
- Ariane Koizumi (* 1963), actress and model
- Scott Parker (born 1978), ice hockey player
- Sean Parnell (born 1962), Governor of Alaska (2009-2014)
- Steve Perry (born 1949), singer
- Matt Shively (born 1990), actor
- Margaret H. Wright (* 1944), mathematician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ California / California (USA): State, Cities & Places - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
- ↑ History of Hanford ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Faraday Future Reveals New California Manufacturing Facility
- ↑ Faraday Future leases central California factory in attempt to keep its electric car dreams alive
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