Madera County, officially the County of Madera, is a county at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 156,255. The county seat is Madera.
Madera is a city and county seat of Madera County, California. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 66,224.
Central California is generally thought of as the middle third of the U.S. state, of California, north of Southern California, which includes Los Angeles, and south of Northern California, which includes San Francisco. It includes the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley, part of the Central Coast, the central hills of the California Coast Ranges and the foothills and mountain areas of the central Sierra Nevada.
Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio is a 4.1-mile-long (6.6 km) year-round stream in southern Marin County, California, United States. This watercourse is also known as Corte Madera Creek, although the actual stream of that name flows into San Francisco Bay further north at Point San Quentin. This watercourse has a catchment basin of about 8 square miles (21 km2) and drains the south-eastern slopes of Mount Tamalpais and much of the area in and around the town of Mill Valley; this stream discharges to Richardson Bay.
Minturn is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and California State Route 99 1.5 miles (2 km) north-northwest of Chowchilla, at an elevation of 236 feet. Minturn is near the Geographic Center of California, between Madera and Merced.
Sugar Pine is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 5 miles (8 km) north of Yosemite Forks, at an elevation of 4236 feet. It is located 1 mile east of California State Route 41, between Oakhurst, California and the South Entrance of Yosemite National Park.
Bonita is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is 8 miles (13 km) west of Madera, at an elevation of 207 feet.
Dairyland is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 7.5 miles (12 km) south-southwest of Chowchilla, at an elevation of 184 feet. Dairyland was at one terminus of the Chowchilla Pacific Railroad, and at a terminus of a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Daulton is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Raymond, at an elevation of 404 feet.
Hildreth is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-southeast of O'Neals, at an elevation of 1247 feet.
Indian Springs is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on Cottonwood Creek 5.5 miles (9 km) south-southwest of O'Neals, at an elevation of 525 feet.
Magnet is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of O'Neals, at an elevation of 1404 feet.
Narbo is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located on Quartz Mountain about 4.25 miles (7 km) north of O'Neals, at an elevation of 1995 feet.
South Fork is an unincorporated community in Madera County, associated with the neighboring town of North Fork California. It is located 9 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Shuteye Peak, at an elevation of 2651 feet. South Fork lacks a post-office or any distinguishing features aside from a motel resembling one featured in a celebrated Alfred Hitchcock film.
Storey is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California, United States. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad (ATSF) 2.5 miles (4 km) east-northeast of Madera, at an elevation of 289 feet (88 m) It is also about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of the Fresno River.
Trigo is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Madera, at an elevation of 289 feet.
Willow Glen is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of O'Neals, at an elevation of 1831 feet.
Minarets is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of North Fork.
Corte Madera Creek is a short stream which flows southeast for 4.5 miles (7.2 km) in Marin County, California. Corte Madera Creek is formed by the confluence of San Anselmo Creek and Ross Creek in Ross and entering a tidal marsh at Kentfield before connecting to San Francisco Bay near Corte Madera.
Frank Bigelow is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. Bigelow is a Republican who represented the 5th district, encompassing Gold Country and the central Sierra Nevada.
