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Hanford is the county seat of Kings County, California. It is the principal city of the Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA Code 25260) which encompasses all of Kings County and the cities of Hanford and Corcoran. The population was 41,686 at the 2000 census. However, the California Department of Finance estimates that the population had grown to 49,048 as of January 1, 2006, making it the 170th largest city in the state. Hanford is named for James Madison Hanford, a railroad executive, after the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks were laid through Perry Phillip's sheep camp in the year 1877. The town became an incorporated city in 1891.

Points Of Interest: Kings County Fairgrounds, The Bastille, Kings Art Center, Museum of China Alley, The Artesia Hotel, Historic CourtHouse Square, Old-Fashioned CAROUSEL, Carnegie Museum, Hanford's Fox Theater, Hanford Mall, Entertainment and Night Life.

The Hanford area was inhabited by the Tachi Yokut Indians for several thousand years prior to Euro-American contact. They occupied areas along watercourses such as creeks, springs and seep areas (such as sloughs), along perennial and seasonal drainages, as well as flat ridges and terraces. Therefore, the areas along streams are considered likely locations for prehistoric cultural resources. Permanent villages were usually placed on an elevation above the seasonal flood levels. Surrounding areas were used for hunting and seed, acorn, and grass gathering.

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