Three Rivers, California For other places with the same name, see Three Rivers .

Three Rivers Location in Tulare County and the state of California Location in Tulare County and the state of California Three Rivers is positioned in the US Three Rivers - Three Rivers Location in the United States Water 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% Three Rivers is an unincorporated improve in Tulare County, California, United States.

For statistical purposes, the United States Enumeration Bureau has defined Three Rivers as a census-designated place (CDP).

Three Rivers is positioned in the Kaweah River canyon, just above Lake Kaweah.

The Kaweah River drainage is a very short river drainage, and quickly terrain climbs from around 1,000 feet (300 m).

ASL in Three Rivers to 3,000-5,000 ft ASL on the encircling hills, and upward to 14,000+ ft ASL at Mt.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 44.5 square miles (115 km2), all land.

Giant Sequoia grove on Case Mountain, SE of Three Rivers.

Climate data for Three Rivers, California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Three Rivers had a populace of 2,182.

The ethnic makeup of Three Rivers was 1,976 (90.6%) White, 7 (0.3%) African American, 27 (1.2%) Native American, 31 (1.4%) Asian, 1 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 75 (3.4%) from other competitions, and 65 (3.0%) from two or more competitions.

The Enumeration reported that 2,177 citizens (99.8% of the population) lived in homeholds, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 5 (0.2%) were institutionalized.

There were 1,018 homeholds, out of which 207 (20.3%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 519 (51.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 65 (6.4%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 33 (3.2%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

341 homeholds (33.5%) were made up of individuals and 159 (15.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The populace was spread out with 354 citizens (16.2%) under the age of 18, 90 citizens (4.1%) aged 18 to 24, 369 citizens (16.9%) aged 25 to 44, 837 citizens (38.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 532 citizens (24.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.

1,604 citizens (73.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 573 citizens (26.3%) lived in rental housing units.

There were 985 homeholds out of which 24.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families.

27.4% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

In the CDP the populace was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

About 7.5% of families and 9.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

Three Rivers was one site of a handful of U.S.

Three Rivers has one K-8 school with around 150 children.

The two nationwide parks, Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park which border the town to the northeast, are the prime attraction of Three Rivers.

In 1886, a group of utopian socialists established an intentional improve along the upper North Fork of the Kaweah River.

The Three Rivers cemetery contains the bodies of nine Rhodesian pioneers who lived in Africa ca.

Frederick Russell Burnham (May 11, 1861 - September 1, 1947), best known for his service in the First Matabele War, Second Matabele War, the Second Boer War, and for teaching woodcraft (i.e., scoutcraft) to Robert Baden-Powell, becoming one of the inspirations to the beginning of the Boy Scouts and recognized today as the father of the global scouting movement. Blanche Blick Burnham (February 23, 1862 - December 22, 1939), wife of Fred Burnham, lived in Africa amid the First Matabele War and the Second Matabele War. Roderick Deane Burnham (August 22, 1886 - July 1, 1976), son of Fred & Blanche Burnham, moved to Africa at age four and lived there from 1893-1897.

Pearl "Pete" Ingram (1871 - December 11, 1933), a Montana cowboy who was one of only three men to survive the Shangani Patrol (along with Burnham) amid the First Matabele War. Also fought in the Second Matabele War. At the time of death, he had a son, Ray Ingram of Pasadena and two grandchildren. The Burnhams and Blicks started a 5,000-acre (20 km2) cattle ranch, La Cuesta, in Three Rivers and assembled homes there.

The scenery at Three Rivers is said to be almost identical to that of the Rhodesian kopje country. La Cuesta was sold by John and Judd Blick in 1947 for $90,000. Present day artists open their studios every other year for the Three Rivers Artists' Biennial Studio Tour, which was started in 1994 by Elsah Cort (then associated with the Cort Gallery.) More than thirty artists are living and working in Three Rivers, including Mona Fox Selph, James Entz, and Aranga Firstman, who all taught at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California.

The Arts Alliance of Three Rivers is the small-town arts organization, started in 1985, with many small-town artists and art patrons as members.

It also established the Lorraine Young Scholarship Fund, which awards art scholarships to small-town Three Rivers graduating high school students.

This fund was established by the Arts Alliance with respect to the many years of service Lorraine gave to both the Arts Alliance and to the improve of Three Rivers.

California State Route 198 view, looking up to Yosemite from Three Rivers, 2010 In the state legislature, Three Rivers is positioned in the 18th Senate District, represented by Republican Jean Fuller and formerly held by Republican Roy Ashburn, and in the 23rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Jim Patterson. In the United States House of Representatives, Three Rivers is in California's 23rd congressional district, represented by Republican Kevin Mc - Carthy. Three Rivers Union School District (K-8, average attendance: 157 students) Woodlake Union High School (9-12), Three Rivers Students usually go to high school in Woodlake, CA Three Rivers is home to the Diocese of Fresno's St.

Three Rivers is home to Riata Ranch International, a world famous Western Performance Arts Training Facility and home of the World Famous Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls.

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