Hanford,California Part 1

[centralcali19]

Historic Hanford, California. 35 miles south of Fresno, and right in the middle of S.F. and L.A. With 55,000 residents and metro area of 180,000. County Seat of Kings County which is one of the poorest counties in the state. largest employer in the area is agriculture, this area is the most fertile land in the world., also the county has been one of the fastest growing in the state. Hanford has the modern touch and also the historic charm with its historic buildings to its shiny offices to big box stores. Hanford has the famous Clark Center for Japanese Arts & Culture, also the Taoist Temple,Civic Center Complex, and 7th St. shops. Hanford also has a train station which has the 3rd largest ridership in the valley.


Hanford Amtrak Station


one of many churches in town


Hanford Civic Auditorium, the towns crown jewel....


China Alley


Old Courthouse, Kings Co. (built in 1896)


historic building in downtown


church near downtown


Hanford Carnegie Museum


Downtown building


another church...


and another...


Hanford FOX Theater


Douty St. Stables (shops and retail)


Hanford Old Firehouse- the city's only Art Deco building...and one of the few around in the valley


FOX Theater


H.C.A. with fountain


The Bastille (Old Jail)


Downtown corner...


Downtown..


Downtown..


Veterans Memorial right beside the Auditorium


H.C.A.


Auditorium at night..in occasions they have different colors..


Civic Park


City Clock..


Bastille and Old Courthouse..


Lacey Milling is a local flour producing company...probably original owner was named after busiest road in town, Lacey Blvd.


Veterans...


barn 1 mile outside of town...


Rabobank in Downtown..


church


Hanford Oddfellows Hall built in 1905...


Downtown area.


Water Towers in Downtown area


popular ice cream shop..






Hanford In 1877

[blade_bltz]

omg Hanford!!! This is one town I never, ever thought I'd see on this board. Wow. I was there maybe 8-10 years ago, visiting a Japanese art museum.

Honestly it looked way way worse than the place you show in these pics. I guess I should have gone through downtown!

[centralcali19]

lol...yeah Hanford is quite different now..10 years ago it had like 15,000 less people.... Im guessing you went to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture. ? and yeah you should visit Downtown next time...lol..interesting fact about downtown is that it's the 2nd best small town downtown in the state...

[ChrisLA]

Originally Posted by blade_bltz

omg Hanford!!! This is one town I never, ever thought I'd see on this board. Wow. I was there maybe 8-10 years ago, visiting a Japanese art museum.

Honestly it looked way way worse than the place you show in these pics. I guess I should have gone through downtown!

Same here, but I'm glad to see some of the lesser known cities in California. I have to admit I know very little myself other than when I lived in Fresno Hanford was sometimes mentioned in the local area as if its was part of its metro.

I've only seen the city in passing through in Amtrak, but most of what I seen didn't look all that bad. It just looks like a small city with a few interesting older buildings that could have some nice potential. Anyway I'm hoping someone would capture Selma, CA downtown. I've only been to the downtown area once to fight a moving violation. I thought it was kind of interesting.

[BTinSF]

Oh my. My deceased boyfriend was from there. He was glad to be FROM there and not STILL there, but a lot of his relatives were and I spent some time there with them. You make it look a lot better than I recall.

[Kingofthehill]

Very interesting...thanks for the glimpse of this town.

[10101000]

nice photos.

[Thundertubs]

Cool. I've always been curious about Central CA towns.

[Buckeye Native 001]

Here's a town you don't see often

[stepper77]

Crazy! A friend of mine who grew up there was just saying how interesting a lot of the buildings were downtown and that I needed to go down there and take photos. Great job...thanks!

[centralcali19]

thanks for the comments....ill try to get new pics very soon..also ll try to take pics of sorrouding towns of Lemoore and Visalia..maybe Selma also...and show central valley towns...



a little taste of Lemoore(25,000), 8 miles west of Hanford. Some people think of rivalry when they talk about these towns..from high school sports, to largest..etc. for example Lemoore has the largest movie cinema in the area, also the largest high school, largest hotel, largest college...Also Lemoore is home to the largest mater-jet base in the West Coast, Lemoore NAS. Also home to the largest mozerrella-cheese factory in the world.












Now a taste of Visalia (120,000) 15 miles east of Hanford. 18th fastest growing city in the U.S. County Seat of Tulare County. Downtown area has been spruced up with new offices and new medical center, parking garage and shops. Largest college in south valley with 12,000 students. Largest city between fresno and Bakersfield, a 100 mile stretch.

[peanut gallery]

What a charming little town! I've been through a lot of Central California communities, but never Hanford. Lemoore looks nice too. Thanks!

[kcexpress69]

Very nice tours!! Thanks!!

[Echo Park]

i never even heard of hanford.

i been up and down this state and theres still places i never even heard of

[centralcali19]

Originally Posted by Echo Park

i never even heard of hanford.

i been up and down this state and theres still places i never even heard of

your not the 1st one, theres many people who dont know where it is...maybe because its in the middle of Highway 99 (Central California's main freeway) and Interstate 5 (which is in the west side of the valley) so many drivers bypass Hanford.