Herndon, California facts for kids

Coordinates: 36°50′12″N 119°55′03″W / 36.83667°N 119.9175°W / 36.83667; -119.9175

Herndon Sycamore Point, Sycamore, Palo Blanco
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	California
County	Fresno County
Elevation	299 ft (91 m)

Herndon (formerly, Sycamore) is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of downtown Fresno, at an elevation of 299 feet (91 m).

History

Herndon began as a steamboat landing on the San Joaquin River called Sycamore Point. It was the year round head of navigation on that river. Sycamore Point was where the steamboats landed supplies for Fort Miller and later the town of Millerton. There was also a ferry on the river near the location from 1860's until at the 1880s. The settlement grew around Sycamore Station after the railroad built a bridge over the river nearby into the town of Sycamore in 1872. The first town post office, was called Palo Blanco while it lasted from September 3, 1872 to September 4, 1873. The failure of an irrigation project crippled the growth of the town. It was not until 1887 that the Herndon post office opened and closed in 1893, and re-opened in 1907.

Municipalities and communities of Fresno County, California, United States

County seat: Fresno

Cities	Clovis Coalinga Firebaugh Fowler Fresno Huron Kerman Kingsburg Mendota Orange Cove Parlier Reedley San Joaquin Sanger Selma

CDPs	Auberry Big Creek Biola Bowles Calwa Cantua Creek Caruthers Centerville Del Rey Easton Fort Washington Friant Lanare Laton Malaga Mayfair Minkler Monmouth Old Fig Garden Raisin City Riverdale Shaver Lake Squaw Valley Sunnyside Tarpey Village Three Rocks Tranquillity West Park

Unincorporated communities	Alder Springs Arbios Avocado Balch Camp Barstow Benito Big Bunch Biola Junction Bretz Mill Broadview Farms Burness Burrel Calflax Camden Cameo Camp Sierra Cecile Cedar Crest Cedar Grove Cedarbrook Cella Chaney Ranch Cincotta Clint Clotho Conejo Crabtree Cromir Deer Crossing Dinkey Creek Dora Belle Dunlap Edmiston Elk Elm View Etheda Springs Figarden Five Points Floyd Giffen Cantua Ranch Glorietta Goldleaf Goodmill Gordon Gravesboro Helm Herndon Highway City Hoffman Point Hub Hume Hume Station Humphreys Station Huntington Lake Ingle Ivesta Jamesan Kanawyers La Jolla Ranch Lacjac Lakeshore Lerona Levis Locans Lone Star Marshall Junction Mathews Mill Mattei Meadow Lakes Mercey Hot Springs Miley Miramonte Mono Hot Springs Murietta Farm Muscatel Navelencia New Auberry Ockenden Old Bretz Mill Oleander Ora Oro Loma Oxalis Panoche Junction Parkfield Junction Piedra Pilibos Ranch Pinehurst Pineridge Prather Pratton Raco Riverbend Rock Haven Rodgers Crossing Rolinda Sawmill Flat Schilling Shaver Lake Heights Sierra Cedars Sierra Sky Park Snow Bend Tarpey Tollhouse Trimmer Turk Uva Vanguard Wahtoke Westhaven Westside Wildflower Wineland Wolf Wood Ranch Zediker

Indian reservations	Big Sandy Rancheria Cold Springs Rancheria Table Mountain Rancheria

Ghost towns	Andrews Barton Bender Bridge Bronge Butler Cadogan Caldwell Carlile Carmelita Coalinga Mineral Springs Collins Darwin Dathol Deseret Dickerson El Prado Elkhorn Station Eshel Everts Fargo Fort Camp Fresno Beach Fresno City Fruitvale Garfield Granz Hawthorne's Station Hayes Kelso Kingriver Kingston La Libertad Last Leroy Letcher Lillis Marshall Station McKenzie Spring McMullin Mendota Station Millerton Mountain Rest Nares Nevills Oakhurst Oleander Peteras Mill Pinedale Pool's Ferry Pool's Fort Poso de Chane Portal Pueblo de las Juntas Rancho de los Californios Reka Riverview Robinson Rogers Rugg Sanders Sentinel Sharpville Shaver Shipp Smith's Ferry Sparkville Sycamore Point Tarn Temperance Temple's Ranch Thermal Tisechu Vanris Vino Warsaw Watson's Ferry Whites Bridge

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