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TULARE COUNTY, California, United States |
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County Civic Center 221 South Mooney Boulevard |
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Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state
of California,
south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the
county. As of 2000 the population was 368,021; as of 2005 the population
estimate was 404,909. Its county seat is Visalia.
Tulare County, California is one of the largest counties in the great
and fertile San Joaquin Valley. Geographically it is situated about midway
between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the two principal cities of the
Pacific Slope. The county has an interesting
historical aura dating back to 1772 when Commandante
Pedro
Fages, while hunting for deserters discovered a great lake surrounded by marshes and filled
with rushes
which he named Los Tules (the tules). It is from this lake that the
county derives its name. The root of the name Tulare is found in the Mexican
word tullin, designating cattail or similar reeds. The first Americans to visit the valley
came after 1800. The settling of the country about Visalia, the |
creation of the
county, the struggles of the early settlers, the wars with the Indians, and
the growth and development of the country present an interesting story which
can be found in a number of the published histories for the county. Tulare County was created in 1852 at the same time Siskiyou and Sierra counties were designated, the large area was maintained until 1856, when Fresno County | ||||||||||||||||
