Kings
County Cities, Towns and Places of Interest
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Named after Dr. Lovern Lee Moore. Lemoore was originally settled by John Kurtz in 1859. Renamed by postal authorities in 1875. | Official Lemoore Web site |
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Avenal means "a field sown with Oaks". Evidently named after the Avenal creek. Avenal showed on 1891 Minning Bureau man but renamed as Avendale in 1901 but Standard Oil named it Avenal once again in 1929. | |
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Hanford (Post office established Feb. 16, 1877.) Established in Tulare County prior to the formation of Kings County. The town of Hanford, Kings County, was named in 1877 by the Central Pacific (now the Southern Pacific) for its treasurer, James Hanford. While the railroad was under construction, material, supplies, and shelters for workmen were placed at various points along the right of way. Instead of being numbered, they were given the names of officials of the railroad. Some of these places became stations and towns, and others vanished when the construction was completed. |
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Established in 1905 by H.J. Whitley. A civil engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad named the town. Tulare lake, just east of Corcoran, was discovered by Fages in 1773 while searching for deserters | |
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