Hardwick is a

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(CDP) in

Kings County, California Kings County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. The population was 152,486 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Hanford. Kings County comprises the Hanford- Corcoran, CA metropolitan statistical area, which is also inc ...

, United States. It is part of the

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– Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 151 at the 2020 Census. The village is located northwest of

, at an elevation of . Hardwick is in the

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on Excelsior Avenue between 14th and 15th Avenues. The Kings River runs north of the community. Its ZIP Code is 93230 and the community is inside

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. The Kings County Fire Department operates a fire station in Hardwick. The community is located in the Kings River-Hardwick School District.

History

Hardwick was named to commemorate an official of the

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. A post office was established in Hardwick in 1895, discontinued in 1904, reestablished in 1909, and finally permanently closed in 1942. Subsequently, the community has been served by the post office located in Hanford. The first school in the community was moved from the then-fading town of

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. Another schoolhouse was reportedly built in 1893. Subsequently, a new school was constructed in 1914 and operated until the Hardwick and Kings River schools unified in 1962. The present fire station is located on the site of that school.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Hardwick had a population of 151. The population density was . The racial makeup of Hardwick was 41 (27.2%)

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, 5 (3.3%)

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, 0 (0.0%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%)

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, 69 (45.7%) from other races, and 36 (23.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 118 persons (78.1%). The whole population lived in households. There were 45 households, out of which 18 (40.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 19 (42.2%) were married-couple households, 6 (13.3%) were

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couple households, 12 (26.7%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 8 (17.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 8 households (17.8%) were one person, and 1 (2.2%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.36. There were 31

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(68.9% of all households). The age distribution was 39 people (25.8%) under the age of 18, 20 people (13.2%) aged 18 to 24, 44 people (29.1%) aged 25 to 44, 27 people (17.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 21 people (13.9%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 32.8years. There were 60 males and 91 females. There were 45 housing units, which were all occupied, 16 (35.6%) by homeowners and 29 (64.4%) by renters.

References

External links

Kings River-Hardwick School District
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