Lemoore, California Location in Kings County and the state of California Location in Kings County and the state of California Lemoore, California is positioned in the US Lemoore, California - Lemoore, California Lemoore (formerly, La Tache and Lee Moore's) is a town/city in Kings County, California, United States.
Lemoore is positioned 7.5 miles (12 km) west-southwest of Hanford, at an altitude of 230 feet (70 m). It is part of the Hanford Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The California Department of Finance estimated that Lemoore's populace was 26,199 on January 1, 2016. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.5 square miles (22 km2), all of it land.
Thompson in 1892, shows three high water levels of the enormous Tulare Lake in different years.
The highest lake level, the one Thompson labeled "original lake line" skirts or touches the 1892 town of Lemoore's south-west corner at the current intersection of State Route 41 and State Route 198.
On Thompson's map, Lemoore is on the east bank, and about five miles away Lemoore Naval Air Station would have been on the west bank of the pointy northern tip of Tulare Lake at its maximum size.
At the extreme northern point of Tulare Lake was its natural, occasional "flood year" spillway northbound into Bogg Slough, Fresno Slough, and the San Joaquin River's watershed, forward to the sea at San Francisco Bay.
This "summit," or spillway is positioned just a several miles north-west of Lemoore, off Grangeville Blvd at altitude 210 ft. The spillway was wide, shallow and confusing, choked with tall tule rushes, and without observable landmarks.
Because the natural summit or border between the Kings River watershed and the San Joaquin River's watershed, and the Kings River itself nearly intersect near Lemoore, a number of huge water works that control county-wide water flow are also positioned nearby.
For example, in flood years the Kings River is diverted west into the so-called "North Fork Kings River," to Crescent Weir and related primary levees eastward to the north-flowing Fresno Slough and to the sea, preventing a resurgence ("flooding") of Tulare Lake to the south.
This "switch point" is positioned just north of Lemoore right off of Highway 41 and Elgin Ave at the New Island Weirs.
Other suburbs assembled just above the Tulare Lake high-water shoreline include Kettleman City and Alpaugh (once also called Hog Island, Root Island, and Atwell's Island).
The town/city had a small-town paper called The Lemoore Advance and the Advance Extra, which is now defunct.
KGSR, 93.3 FM, is a low-power FM airways broadcast directed by Lemoore High School students on the ground of Lemoore High School.
Lovern Lee Moore from France first made his home in what was Tulare County, California now the City of Lemoore in April, 1871.
It was on the northern shoreline (just above the high-water mark) of Tulare Lake, then potentially the biggest contaminating body of water in the USA, outside of the Great Lakes. The American pioneers from easterly states saw this as a stretch of vast virgin territory on which sheep, horses and wild animals had grazed but had never been cultivated.
The first steps he took to organize a improve began in early 1872, when he surveyed a 10-acre (40,000 m2) subdivision in what is now the territory immediately west of the present Lemoore High School.
Post Office objected to the name "Latache," so,by about the 1920s it combined the founder's name by omitting one letter "e",from Lee and called the new postal service Lemoore after Lee Moore.
Armstrong donated 2 acres (8,100 m2) of territory for the first school building in Lemoore.
After 25 years of service to the Lemoore area, Dr.
Many of the early pioneer of the Lemoore District were cultured citizens , and Lemoore attained a reputation for literary and musical accomplishments unmatched by many pioneer towns.
In creating the new County of Kings there was keen competition between Hanford and Lemoore as to which would turn into the county seat.
By that time Hanford's populace had exceeded Lemoore's and the addition of the Santa Fe Railroad's chief line through Hanford gave it the favor of two rail lines freshwater one.
Lemoore became an incorporated town/city on 11 July 1900, which opened a new era for the community, with government by an propel City Council.
The City of Lemoore had it remodeled in 1991, by Bill Phillips to add to the improve an exciting 18-hole golf course.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Lemoore had a populace of 24,531.
The populace was spread out with 7,547 citizens (30.8%) under the age of 18, 3,053 citizens (12.4%) aged 18 to 24, 7,184 citizens (29.3%) aged 25 to 44, 4,955 citizens (20.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,792 citizens (7.3%) who were 65 years of age or older.
13,562 citizens (55.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10,952 citizens (44.6%) lived in rental housing units.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 34.6% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 16.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Major employers in Lemoore include Naval Air Station Lemoore, Tachi Palace, Leprino Foods and Olam International. Lemoore is incorporated as a general law town/city under the California Constitution.
The town/city has a council-manager government with a town/city manager appointed by the town/city council.
Lemoore's town/city manager is Andrea Welsh.
In the California State Legislature, Lemoore is in the 14th Senate District, represented by Republican Andy Vidak, and in the 32nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Rudy Salas. In the United States House of Representatives, Lemoore is in California's 21st congressional district, represented by Republican David Valadao. The Lemoore Union Elementary School District provides kindergarten through eighth undertaking education for most of the city.
Lemoore Elementary The Central Union School District serves much of the outlying parts of the Lemoore region beyond the town/city limits and provides kindergarten through eighth undertaking education.
Akers Elementary at NAS Lemoore Neutra Elementary at NAS Lemoore that was designed by the famous architect Richard J.
The Island Union Elementary School District serves the Island District northwest of Lemoore and operates Island Elementary School which has grades kindergarten through eighth. The Lemoore Union High School District provides enhance secondary education.
Lemoore Union High School Lemoore Middle College High School West Hills College Lemoore is a improve college in Lemoore. Private Schools in Lemoore include: Former NFL fullback Lorenzo Neal played for Lemoore High School and California State University, Fresno.
Neal was a state champion wrestler as a heavyweight for Lemoore High School as well.
Rock musician and Journey prestige Steve Perry moved to Lemoore from Hanford as a teenager and began developing his craft while attending high school there.
El Adobe de los Robles Rancho (California Historical Landmark #206), a building assembled by Rhoads, can be found north of Lemoore along state highway 41.
Sprinter Tommie Smith ran high school track at Lemoore High School before setting a world record in the 200 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
City of Lemoore.
City of Lemoore.
Thompson in 1892, shows three high water levels of the enormous Tulare Lake in different years.
The highest lake level, the one Thompson labeled "original lake line" skirts or touches the 1892 town of Lemoore's south-west corner at the current highway 41.
On that map, Lemoore is on the east bank, and Lemoore Naval Air Station would have been on the west bank of the northern tip of Tulare Lake at its maximum size.
It is presumed that by "original lake line" Thompson meant the still discernible high water line, and that this is near the altitude of the natural spillway and marks the maximum size of Tulare Lake amid flood years.
Climate Summary for Lemoore, California "2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Lemoore city".
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