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| image_skyline = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Madera County, California.png | image_seal = Seal of Madera County, California.png | seal_size = 68px | named_for = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Regions | subdivision_name2 = San Joaquin Valley, Sierra Nevada | subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan area | subdivision_name3 = Metropolitan Fresno | seat_type = County seat | seat = Madera | unit_pref = US | area_total_sq_mi = 2153 | area_land_sq_mi = 2137 | area_water_sq_mi = 16 | elevation_max_footnotes = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_min_footnotes = | elevation_min_ft = | population_as_of = April 1, 2010 | population_footnotes = 〔 | population_total = 150865 | pop_est_as_of = 2014 | pop_est_footnotes = 〔 | population_est = 154548 | population_density_sq_mi = auto | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = 1893 | leader_title = | leader_name = | timezone = Pacific Time Zone | utc_offset = -8 | timezone_DST = Pacific Daylight Time | utc_offset_DST = -7 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | image_map = Map of California highlighting Madera County.svg | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = Location in the state of California | image_map1 = Map of USA CA.svg | mapsize1 = 200px | map_caption1 = California's location in the United States | blank_name_sec1 = FIPS code | blank_info_sec1 = 06-039 | blank1_name_sec1 = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info_sec1 = | website = | footnotes = }} Madera County, officially the County of Madera, is a county at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 150,865.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06039.html )〕 The county seat is Madera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Madera County comprises the Madera, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Fresno-Madera, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada. The southeasternmost part of Yosemite National Park is located in the county's northeast. == History == Madera County was formed in 1893 from the southern part of Mariposa County during a special election held on May 16, 1893. Citizens residing in the area that was to become Madera County voted 1,179 to 358 for establishment of the new county.〔Madera County GenWeb, (Madera County History ). Accessed 2010.04.11.〕 Madera is the Spanish term for wood.〔Madera County, (County History ). Accessed 2009.10.09.〕 The county derives its name from the town of Madera, named when the California Lumber Company built a log flume to carry lumber to the Central Pacific Railroad there in 1876. The Madera County Sheriff's Department employed the first woman in California to die in the line of duty as a sworn law enforcement officer—Tulare native Lucille Helm (1914-1959). For 15 years, the Madera housewife and mother of four worked on call as a "matron" assisting with female transfers.〔"Memorial for law agents," (The Madera Tribune ), May 13, 2014, Pages A1 and A3〕 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「Madera County, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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