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Kingsburg can refer to: *Kingsburg, California *Kingsburg, Nova Scotia *Kingsburg, South Dakota See also *Kingsbury (other) Kingsbury may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Kingsbury, London, a district of northwest London in the borough of Brent ** Kingsbury tube station, London Underground station * Kingsbury, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish in Warwicksh ... {{geodis ...
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Kingsburg, California
Kingsburg is a city in Fresno County, California. Kingsburg is located southeast of Selma at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m), on the banks of the Kings River. The city is from Fresno, and about from the California Central Coast and Sierra Nevada mountain range. The population was 11,382 at the 2010 census. History Kingsburg was established as a railroad town, its site set by the Central Pacific Railroad when it completed the Valley Line in 1873. In the early 1870s, Swedish natives settled in a railroad town called "Kings River Switch". Kingsburg started out as a flag stop on the Central Pacific Railroad called Kings River Switch. In 1874 Kingsburg was called Wheatville and had a post office, later that year they changed the name to Kingsbury. During this time period, Josiah Draper and Andrew Farley each owned a quarter section, about , Draper on the east side of the railroad tracks and Farley on the west side of the tracks. So it was suggested that the east side be called Dr ...
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Kingsburg, Nova Scotia
Kingsburg is a village in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The community is located approximately 130 kilometres from Halifax. Kingsburg is also a protected cape. History King George III issued a land grant of approximately 1350 acres to foreign Protestant settlers, Leonard Hirtle, John Mossman, Peter Knack, Christian Hartman, John Kayser and Jacob Moser on July 5, 1787. For decades, Kingsburg was a fishing and farming community. By the middle of the twentieth century, with the widespread decline of small-scale Atlantic fishery, most fishing culture had disappeared. Economy The evolution of Kingsburg into a vacation and retirement destination has had an impact on the population of the village. About 80% of the houses are vacant during most of the year. Much of the rural infrastructure for Upper and Lower Kingsburg is centered in Riverport, Nova Scotia. This includes Riverport Electric, the first municipal utility incorporated in Nova Scotia, the Riverport & District Fir ...
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Kingsburg, South Dakota
Kingsburg is an unincorporated community in Bon Homme County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti .... History Kingsburg was laid out in 1917, and named for Mike King, a local landowner. A post office called Kingsburg was established in 1913, and remained in operation until 1940. References Unincorporated communities in Bon Homme County, South Dakota Unincorporated communities in South Dakota {{SouthDakota-geo-stub ...
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Kingsbury (other)
Kingsbury may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Kingsbury, London, a district of northwest London in the borough of Brent ** Kingsbury tube station, London Underground station * Kingsbury, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England * Kingsbury Episcopi, village and civil parish in Somerset, England * Kingsbury Regis, a hamlet in Milborne Port, Somerset, England * Kingsbury Reservoir, old name for the Brent Reservoir in London * Hundred of Kingsbury, a historical Hundred in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England * Kingsbury, former name of Tyburn, a ward in Birmingham, England Australia * Kingsbury, Victoria, a suburb in Melbourne * Kingsbury Tourist Drive, a scenic drive in Western Australia Canada * Kingsbury, Quebec, a village municipality in the Estrie region Sri Lanka * The Kingsbury, a hotel in Colombo United States * Kingsbury, Indiana, a town in Washington Township, LaPorte County * Kingsbury, Nevada, a census-designated place ...
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