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| subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = San Joaquin Valley | subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan area | subdivision_name3 = Hanford-Corcoran | established_title = Established | established_date = March 22, 1893 | named_for = | seat_type = County seat | seat = Hanford | parts_type = Largest city | parts = Hanford | unit_pref = US | area_total_sq_mi = 1392 | area_land_sq_mi = 1389 | area_water_sq_mi = 2.1 | elevation_max_footnotes = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_min_footnotes = | elevation_min_ft = | population_as_of = April 1, 2010 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 152982 | pop_est_as_of = 2014 | pop_est_footnotes = 〔 | population_est = 150269 | population_density_sq_mi = auto | timezone = Pacific Time Zone | utc_offset = -8 | timezone_DST = Pacific Daylight Time | utc_offset_DST = -7 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 559 | blank_name_sec1 = FIPS code | blank_info_sec1 = 06-031 | blank1_name_sec1 = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info_sec1 = | website = (countyofkings.com ) }} Kings County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 152,982.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06031.html )〕 The county seat is Hanford.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Kings County comprises the Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Visalia-Porterville-Hanford, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the San Joaquin Valley, a rich agricultural region. ==History== The area was inhabited for thousands of years by American Indians including the Tachi Yokuts tribe.〔http://www.tachi-yokut-nsn.gov/ accessed March 17, 2013〕 It was colonized by Spain, Mexico and the United States. An 1805 expedition probably led by Spanish Army Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga recorded discovering the river, which they named ''El Rio de los Santos Reyes'' (River of the Holy Kings) after the Three Wise Men of the Bible.〔Hoover, p. 132〕 At the time of the United States conquest in 1848, the new government changed the name to Kings River after which the county was named.〔 In 1880, a dispute over land titles between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad resulted in a bloody gun battle on a farm northwest of Hanford; seven men died. This event became known as the Mussel Slough Tragedy. Kings County was formed in 1893 from the western part of Tulare County.〔 In 1909, by an act of the state legislature, of Fresno County territory was added to the northwest portion of Kings County. Settlers reclaimed Tulare Lake and its wetlands for agricultural development. In surface area, it was formerly the largest body of freshwater west of the Great Lakes, and supported a large population of migratory birds as well as local birds and wildlife. Monoculture has sharply reduced habitat for many species. In 1928, oil was discovered in the Kettleman Hills located in the southwestern part of Kings County. The Kettleman North Dome Oil Field became one of the most productive oil fields in the United States. In 1933 during the Great Depression, cotton pickers in the southern San Joaquin Valley, mostly migrant Mexican workers, went on strike. During the strike, 3,500 striking farm workers lived in a four-acre camp on the land of a small farmer on the outskirts of Corcoran. Ultimately, the federal government intervened to force both sides to negotiate a settlement. Lemoore Army Airfield was established for training and defense during World War II. In 1961, the U.S. Navy opened NAS Lemoore west of Lemoore, not far from the earlier site. The completion of the California Aqueduct in the early 1970s brought needed water for agriculture and domestic use to the westside of the county. . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kings County, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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