Madera County, California
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Madera County, officially the County of Madera, is located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada, with Madera serving as the county seat. Established in 1893 from part of Fresno County, Madera County reported a population of 156,255 in the 2020 census.
Image: Wassama Roundhouse
Image: Devils Postpile National Monument near Mammoth Lakes
Image: Fresno Dome Madera County
Image: Mt Banner and Thousand Island Lake
San Joaquin Valley
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The San Joaquin Valley is the southern half of California's Central Valley. Famed as a major breadbasket, the San Joaquin Valley is an important source of food, producing a significant part of California's agricultural output.
San Joaquin Valley
Millerton Lake, supplied by the Madera Canal and Friant-Kern Canal.
César Chávez at a United Farmworkers rally, 1974
Signs on pole show approximate altitude of land surface in 1925, 1955, and 1977