1926 Map of Hanford

About this map

Hanford serves as the bustling hub of this Central Valley landscape, its street grid and rail connections highlighting its role as the seat of Kings County. The map reveals an intricate network of water management essential to the region's agricultural foundation, dominated by features like the Mussel Slough and an expansive system of irrigation canals including Last Chance Ditch and Peoples Ditch. These waterways crisscross the terrain between smaller outlying settlements like Armona and Grangeville. Social infrastructure is well-documented through several rural schools such as Lucerne School and Rustic School, alongside the County Hospital. The intersection of the Southern Pacific and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads illustrates the vital transportation corridors that shaped local commerce and settlement patterns in the mid-1920s.