Lemoore, California | |
|---|---|
| City of Lemoore | |
 Location of Lemoore in Kings County, California. | |
  Lemoore, California Location in the contiguous United States | |
| Coordinates: 36°18′03″N 119°46′58″W / 36.30083°N 119.78278°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County |  Kings |
| Incorporated | July 4, 1900[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager[2] |
| • City Council[3] |
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| • City Manager | Nathan Olson |
| • Police Chief | Michael Kendall [2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.81 sq mi (22.83 km2) |
| • Land | 8.81 sq mi (22.83 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 230 ft (70 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 27,038 |
| • Estimate (2019)[7] | 26,725 |
| • Density | 3,100/sq mi (1,200/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 93245, 93246 |
| Area code | 559 |
| FIPS code | 06-41152 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660905, 2410819 |
| Website | www |
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,[8] 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "City Manager". City of Lemoore. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ "Council Members". City of Lemoore. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Lemoore". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUsewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.