Hayes or Hayes Station is a former settlement in
Fresno County
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,
California
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.
It was located southwest of
Mendota,
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p. 292 (1924) ("Hayes Station, 19 miles southwest of Mendota, Fresno County, California") next to Silver Creek and slightly northeast of that waterway's junction with
Panoche Creek
Panoche Creek is a creek in San Benito and Fresno Counties, California, in the United States.
Historical names include Arroyo de Panoche Grande (Big Sugarloaf Creek)Mildred B. Hoover, et al. ''Historic Spots in California''. 3rd edition. Stanfo ...
. The Panoche road exit on
I-5
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of Californi ...
(Exit 368) lies about one mile ENE of the location.
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USGS.gov (Panoche Creek "drains the higher portion of the Diablo Range west of Llahada, flowing easterly through Panoche Valley and emptying into the San Joaquin Valley at Hayes Station.")[Sixth Report of the United States Geographic Board: 1890 to 1932](_blank)
p. 586 (1933)
A post office operated at Hayes from 1893 to 1902.
[ The place was named for its first postmaster, William J. Hayes.][(5 June 1896)]
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References
Former settlements in Fresno County, California
Former populated places in California
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