Fresno Metropolitan Area
Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a County (United States), county located in the Northern California, central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, California, Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in California. Fresno County comprises the Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Fresno-Madera, California, Madera, CA Metropolitan Fresno, Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the California Central Valley, Central Valley, south of Stockton, California, Stockton and north of Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield. Since 2010, statewide droughts in California have further strained both Fresno County's and the entire Central Valley's water security. History The area now known as Fresno County was the traditional homeland of Yokuts and Mono tribe, Mono peoples, and was later settled by Spaniards during a search for suitable missi ...
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County (United States)
In the United States, a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs, respectively. The specific governmental powers of counties vary widely between the states, with many providing some level of services to civil townships, municipalities, and unincorporated areas. Certain municipalities are in multiple counties; New York City is uniquely partitioned into five counties, referred to at the city government level as boroughs. Some municipalities have consolidated with their county government to form consolidated city-counties, or have been legally separated from counties altogether to form independent cities. Conversely, those counties in Connecticut, Rhode Island, eight of Massachusetts's 14 counties, and Alaska ...
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