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Hanford is the county seat and the most populous city of Kings County, in California's San Joaquin Valley.

Hanford was named for James Madison Hanford, a Southern Pacific Railroad executive, after railroad tracks were laid through a sheep camp in 1877 and town-lot sales began on January 17, 1877.

Hanford incorporated on August 12, 1891, driven largely by the town's need for organized fire protection.

When Kings County was created in 1893 from the western part of Tulare County, Hanford became its county seat.

Hanford was the site of the Mussel Slough Tragedy in May 1880, a gun battle between settlers and the railroad over land titles that left seven men dead.

Hanford stands in the homeland of the Tachi Yokuts people, on land that once lay north of Tulare Lake, historically the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River.

Hanford's China Alley, a historic district of 11 buildings dating to 1877, preserves what was once one of the largest Chinatowns between San Francisco and Los Angeles and has been listed among America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Hanford had a population of 57,990 at the 2020 census, with about 19,500 households averaging just over three people each, and roughly 62 percent of its homes owner-occupied.

The People's Ditch, an irrigation canal dug in the 1870s, still runs through Hanford today.

The Lacey Milling Company, founded in Hanford in 1887, ran the city's first electric lights in 1891 and operated for 136 years before closing in 2023.