Hanford is the most populous city and the county seat of Kings County, California, located in the San Joaquin Valley region of the greater Central Valley. The population was 53,967 at the 2010 census. Today's Hanford was once north of Tulare Lake, historically the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River.

Kings County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.The population was 152,486 at the 2020 census. [5] The county seat is Hanford. [6]Kings County comprises the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Visalia-Porterville-Hanford, CA combined statistical area.It is in the San Joaquin Valley, a rich agricultural region.

Hanford is a commercial and cultural center in the south-central San Joaquin Valley and the county seat of Kings County, California. Incorporated in 1891, Hanford has steadily flourished into a community of more than 59,000 citizens.

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Hanford is nestled into the southern region of the San Joaquin Valley and is the county seat of Kings County. It is the principal city of the Hanford-Corcoran metropolitan area and is full of commercial activity.

When Kings County was formed in 1893, Hanford became the County Seat. From its incorporation, Hanford grew into a thriving town, governed by a Board of Trustees. Schools and churches soon were established and an opera house was built. For many years Hanford had the only opera house between the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.

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