*FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA*
3101 Listings
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Population:	799,407 2000 census
Area:	3,816,450 Acres
County Seat:	Millerton* 1856 - 1874	Fresno 1874 - present
Date: 1856	From Mariposa, Merced and Tulare Counties

Mining Districts
Name		Type



Historical Landmarks
Number	Name	Date
344	Arroyo De Cantua
488	Fresno City	1855-1875
584	Fort Miller Inundated by Millerton Lake	1852
803	Site of First Junior College in California	1895
873	Site of the Fresno Bee Speech Fight of the Industrial Workers of the World	October, 1910 to March, 1911
916	Forestiere Underground Gardens
934	Temporary Detention Camps For Japanese Americans - Fresno Assembly Center and Pinedale Assembly Center	1942

Territorial History
1856	Created from Mariposa, Merced and Tulare Counties
	Territory from Mariposa to Fresno (1856)
	Territory from Merced to Fresno (1856)
	Territory from Tulare to Fresno (1856)
	Territory from Fresno to Tulare (1874)
	Territory from Tulare to Fresno (1876)
	Territory from Fresno to Mono (1861)
	Territory from Fresno to Kings (1909)
	Territory from Fresno to Madera (1893)
	Territory from Fresno to Mariposa (1870)
	Territory from Mariposa to Fresno (1872)
	Territory from Calaveras to Fresno (1856)
	Territory from Fresno to San Benito (1887)

*Millerton now inundated by Millerton Lake.

Named after Fresno Creek. Fresno in Spanish means "ash tree" and it was because of the abundance of mountain ash or ash trees in the county that it received its name.

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Census Totals
1850	1860	1870	1880
	4,605	6,336	9,478