Madera County, officially the County of Madera, is a county at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 150,865. The county seat is Madera.
Chowchilla is a city in Madera County, California. The city's population was 18,720 at the 2010 United States Census, up from 11,127 at the 2000 U.S. Census. Chowchilla is located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Madera, at an elevation of 240 feet. It is a principal city of the Madera–Chowchilla metropolitan statistical area.
The Mariposa War was a conflict between Native Americans and miners in what was then the immense county of Mariposa in California.
Raymond is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 22 miles (35 km) north-northeast of Madera, at an elevation of 948 feet.
Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) is a female-only California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison located in Chowchilla, California. It is across the road from Valley State Prison. CCWF is the largest female correctional facility in the United States, and houses the only State of California death row for women.
Valley State Prison (VSP), previously the Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW), is a state prison in Chowchilla, California. It is across the road from Central California Women's Facility. It used to be a prison for women.
The Chowchilla River is a river in central California, United States and a minor tributary of the San Joaquin River. It flows for 54.2 miles (87.2 km) from the western side of the Sierra Nevada Range to the San Joaquin River system in the San Joaquin Valley.
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.
The Chowchilla Mountains are a mountain range in Mariposa County, California.
Ash is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located on the railroad 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Tillman, at an elevation of 203 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.
Lincoln is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located on the Chowchilla Pacific Railroad 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Chowchilla, at an elevation of 171 feet. Lincoln still appeared on maps as of 1918.
Ovejo is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located on the railroad 1.25 miles (2 km) northeast of Tillman, at an elevation of 194 feet.
Plains is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Tillman, at an elevation of 174 feet.
Sierra Vista is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 2.5 miles (4 km) north-northwest of Chowchilla, at an elevation of 236 feet.
Tyler is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located on the Chowchilla Pacific Railroad 5 miles (8 km) south-southwest of Chowchilla, at an elevation of 197 feet. Tyler still appeared on maps as of 1918.
H. V. Eastman Lake is an artificial lake formed by the construction of Buchanan Dam across the Chowchilla River in the foothills of Madera County, California. A small percentage of the northwest area of the reservoir is in Mariposa County.
New Almaden is an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California, United States. New Almaden is 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of downtown San Jose. New Almaden has a post office with ZIP code 95042, which first opened in 1861. The community is named after the New Almaden mine, which opened in the area in 1848. New Almaden was the childhood home of former Arizona Cardinals All-Pro safety Pat Tillman and also the childhood home of long time professional Equestrian Clayton Jackson a noted trainer of Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation horses.
Newton's Crossing was a small settlement on the Stockton – Los Angeles Road in Merced County, California, United States, at its crossing on the Chowchilla River. Its location marked the southeast corner of the official boundary of Merced County.
The 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping was the abduction of a school bus driver and 26 children, ages 5 to 14, in Chowchilla, California on July 15, 1976. The three kidnappers imprisoned their victims in a buried box truck within a quarry in Livermore, California, intending to demand a ransom for their return. After about 16 hours underground, the driver and children were able to dig themselves out and escape.
