Yokuts Valley, California
Yokuts Valley, California | |
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The Post Office in Yokuts Valley in 2018, before the community's name change | |
Location in Fresno County and the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 36°44′25″N 119°14′48″W / 36.74028°N 119.24667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Fresno |
| Named after | The Yokuts, an Indigenous ethnic group comprising many tribes of Central California |
| Government | |
| • State Senator | Shannon Grove (R) |
| • State Assembly | Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) |
| • U. S. Congress | Tom McClintock (R) |
| Area | |
• Total | 56.610 sq mi (146.618 km2) |
| • Land | 56.559 sq mi (146.487 km2) |
| • Water | 0.051 sq mi (0.131 km2) 0.09% |
| Elevation | 1,631 ft (497 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,564 |
| • Density | 63/sq mi (24/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 93646, 93675 |
| Area code | 559 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1659853, 2408799 |
Yokuts Valley, formerly Squaw Valley, is a unincorporated community located in Fresno County, California, at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada on State Route 180 just below Kings Canyon National Park.
As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 3,162, up from 2,691 at the 2000 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau defined Squaw Valley as a census-designated place (CDP). Yokuts Valley is located 9 miles (14 km) north-northeast of Orange Cove and 30 miles (48 km) east of Fresno, at an elevation of 1,631 ft (497 m).