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FRESNO , a city and the county-seat of Fresno county, California, U.S.A., situated in .the San Joaquin valley (altitude about 300 ft.) near the geographical centre of the state. Pop. (188o) 1112; (1890) 10,818; (1900) 12,470, of whom 3299 were foreign-born and 1279 were Asiatics; (1910 census ) 24,892. The city is served by the Southern Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railways. The county is mainly a vast expanse of naturally arid plains and mountains. The valley is the scene of an extensive irrigation system
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long , the waste water from which is ditched for irrigation. The petroleum field of the county is one of the richest in California. Fresno is the business and shipping centre of its county and of the surrounding region. The county was organized in 1856. In 1872 the railway went through, and Fresno was laid out and incorporated. It became the county-seat in 1894 and was chartered as a city in 1885.End of Article: FRESNO If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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