Lemoore, California

Lemoore, California
City of Lemoore
Location of Lemoore in Kings County, California.
Location of Lemoore in Kings County, California.
Lemoore, California is located in the United States
Lemoore, California
Lemoore, California
Location in the contiguous United States
Coordinates: 36°18′03″N 119°46′58″W / 36.30083°N 119.78278°W / 36.30083; -119.78278
Country United States
State California
County Kings
IncorporatedJuly 4, 1900[3]
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager[1]
 • City Council[2]
  • Eddie Neal (Mayor)
  • John Plourde (Mayor Pro Tem)
  • David Brown
  • Stuart Lyons
  • Christopher Schalde
 • City ManagerNathan Olson
 • Police ChiefMichael Kendall [1]
Area
 • Total8.81 sq mi (22.83 km2)
 • Land8.81 sq mi (22.83 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0%
Elevation230 ft (70 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total24,531
 • Estimate 
(2019)[6]
26,725
 • Density3,032.11/sq mi (1,170.67/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
93245, 93246
Area code559
FIPS code06-41152
GNIS feature IDs1660905, 2410819
Websitewww.lemoore.com

Lemoore (formerly, La Tache and Lee Moore's)[5] is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located 7.5 miles (12 km) west-southwest of Hanford,[7] at an elevation of 230 feet (70 m).[5] It is part of the Hanford-Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA Code 25260). The population was 24,531 at the 2010 Census. The California Department of Finance estimated that Lemoore's population was 26,725 on July 1, 2019.

Lemoore is home to Naval Air Station Lemoore, a master jet base housing F-18 and F-35 squadrons assigned to the Pacific fleet.

  1. ^ a b "City Manager". City of Lemoore. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Council Members". City of Lemoore. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on February 21, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  4. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Lemoore". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1061. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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