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Fresno County Sheriff's Office
Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in California. Fresno County comprises the Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Fresno– Madera, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Central Valley, south of Stockton and north of 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 peoples, and was later settled by Spaniards during a search for suitable mission sites. In 1846, this area became part of the United States as a result of the Mexican War. Fresno County was formed in 1856 from parts of Mariposa, Merced and Tulare counties. ''Fresno'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County (United States)
In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an Administrative division, administrative subdivision of a U.S. state, state or territories of the United States, territory, typically with defined geographic Border, boundaries and some level of governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called List of parishes in Louisiana, parishes and List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska, boroughs, respectively. Counties and other local governments in the United States, local governments exist as a matter of U.S. state law, so the specific governmental powers of counties may vary widely between the states, with many providing some level of services to civil townships, Local government in the United States, municipalities, and Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated areas. Certain municipalities are List of U.S. municipalities in multiple counties, in multiple counties. Some municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used. In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called the Pacific Time Zone. Specifically, time in this zone is referred to as Pacific Standard Time (PST) when standard time is being observed (early November to mid-March), and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) when daylight saving time (mid-March to early November) is being observed. In Mexico, the corresponding time zone is known as the ''Zona Noroeste'' (Northwest Zone) and observes the same daylight saving schedule as the United States and Canada. The largest city in the Pacific Time Zone is Los Angeles, whose metropolitan area is also the largest in the time zone. The zone is two hours ahead of the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions. Canada In Canada, the Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. China County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the China, People's Republic of China. They have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty. The number of counties in China proper g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, economy. The U.S. Census Bureau is part of the United States Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce and its Director of the United States Census Bureau, director is appointed by the president of the United States. Currently, Ron S. Jarmin is the acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau's primary mission is conducting the United States census, U.S. census every ten years, which allocates the seats of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives to the U.S. state, states based on their population. The bureau's various censuses and surveys help allocate over $675 billion in federal funds every year and it assists states, local communities, and businesses in making informed decisions. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern California
Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geocultural region that comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's List of counties in California, 58 counties. Northern California in its largest definition is determined by dividing the state into two regions, the other being Southern California. The main northern population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Jose, California, San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, California, Oakland), the Greater Sacramento area (anchored by the state capital Sacramento, California, Sacramento), the Redding, California, area south of the Cascade Range, and the Metropolitan Fresno area (anchored by the city of Fresno, California, Fresno). Northern California also contains Sequoia sempervirens, redwood forests, along with most of the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley and part of Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta (the second-highest peak in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 21st Congressional District
California's 21st congressional district (or CA-21) is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the San Joaquin Valley and includes parts of Fresno County, California, Fresno County and Tulare County, California, Tulare County. Cities in the district include the majority of Fresno, California, Fresno, the north side of Visalia, California, Visalia, and all of Sanger, California, Sanger, Selma, California, Selma, Kingsburg, California, Kingsburg, Parlier, California, Parlier, Reedley, California, Reedley, Orange Cove, California, Orange Cove, Dinuba, California, Dinuba, Orosi, California, Orosi, Cutler, California, Cutler, Farmersville, California, Farmersville, Woodlake, California, Woodlake and Exeter, California, Exeter. The district is currently represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Jim Costa. Demographics According to thAPM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools(featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 20th Congressional District
California's 20th congressional district is a congressional district in California's congressional districts, California including much of the southern and southeastern part of the state's Central Valley (California), Central Valley. The district is currently represented by Republican Vince Fong. Fong was elected in a 2024 California's 20th congressional district special election, special election on May 21, 2024, after Kevin McCarthy resigned from Congress following the motion to vacate the chair, motion to vacate that Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, ousted him from the office of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, House Speaker. Redistricting in 2022 returned the district to the San Joaquin Valley. The new 20th district includes parts of Kern County, California, Kern, Tulare County, California, Tulare, Kings County, California, Kings, and Fresno County, California, Fresno counties. It includes the southern Sierra Nevada and western Mojave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 13th Congressional District
California's 13th congressional district is a California's congressional districts, congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Adam Gray, a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, has represented this district since January 2025. In the 2022 redistricting cycle, the district was moved to the San Joaquin Valley, while the old 13th district was renumbered as the 12th. The new 13th district includes all of Merced County, California, Merced County; most of the population of Madera County, California, Madera County; and parts of Stanislaus County, California, Stanislaus, Fresno County, California, Fresno, and San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin counties. It includes the cities of Merced, California, Merced, Madera, California, Madera, Ceres, California, Ceres, Patterson, California, Patterson, Lathrop, California, Lathrop, Chowchilla, California, Chowchilla, Atwater, California, Atwater, Coalinga, California, Coalinga, and Mendota, California, Mendota; as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 5th Congressional District
California's 5th congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, U.S. congressional district in California. The district is located in the northern San Joaquin Valley and central Sierra Nevada. The district includes Gold Country and small parts of the Central Valley (California), Central Valley, including all of Amador County, California, Amador, Calaveras County, California, Calaveras, Tuolumne County, California, Tuolumne and Mariposa County, California, Mariposa counties, western El Dorado County, California, El Dorado County, and eastern Stanislaus County, California, Stanislaus, Madera County, California, Madera and Fresno County, California, Fresno counties. Cities in the district include most of Modesto, California, Modesto, northern Turlock, California, Turlock, northern Fresno, California, Fresno, Oakdale, California, Oakdale, Hughson, California, Hughson, Riverbank, California, Riverbank, Sonora, California, Sonora, Jackson, California, Jacks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompassing the United States and its territories; the Compact of Free Association, associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Information Processing Standard
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer systems of non-military United States government agencies and contractors. FIPS standards establish requirements for ensuring computer security and interoperability, and are intended for cases in which suitable industry standards do not already exist. Many FIPS specifications are modified versions of standards the technical communities use, such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Specific areas of FIPS standardization The U.S. government has developed various FIPS specifications to standardize a number of topics including: * Codes, e.g., FIPS county codes or codes to indicate weather conditions or emergency indications. In 1994, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 559
Area codes 559 and 357 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan for the central San Joaquin Valley in central California. The numbering plan area includes the counties of Fresno, Madera, Kings, and Tulare, an area largely coextensive with the Fresno and Visalia- Porterville metropolitan areas. Area code 559 was placed in service in 1998, when its services area was split from that of area code 209. 357 was added to form an overlay complex in 2025. History In 1997, the California-Nevada Code Administration (CNCA) determined that telephone number demand in the area exceeded normal forecasts, and placed area codes 209, 213, 310, 408, 619, 805, and 818 in jeopardy status of exhausting central office codes before normal relief could be implemented, triggering special conservation measures. As a result, area code 559 was created in an area code split of the 209 numbering plan area on November 14, 1998. The new area code was assigned to the southern part of 209. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
