36°49′22″N 119°51′45″W / 36.82278°N 119.86250°W / 36.82278; -119.86250

Figarden
Unincorporated community
Figarden is located in California
Figarden
Figarden
Location in California
Figarden is located in the United States
Figarden
Figarden
Figarden (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°49′22″N 119°51′45″W / 36.82278°N 119.86250°W / 36.82278; -119.86250
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyFresno County
Elevation
[1]
315 ft (96 m)

Figarden (formerly, Bullard and Fig Garden) was an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.[1] It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of downtown Fresno,[2] at an elevation of 315 feet (96 m).[1]

A post office operated at Figarden from 1925 to 1944, moving in 1939, and from 1947 to 1951.[2]

In the early twentieth century, Figarden was a center of fig cultivation and a number of fig varieties were originated there.[3] Figarden had a general store, garage, fruit packing plants, and boarding house for travelers on the Santa Fe Railroad. By 1973, the town was being consumed by development with the growth of nearby Fresno.[4] Today, Figarden is essentially a residential district of northwest Fresno.

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Figarden, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1035. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ California Agricultural Experiment Station (1926). Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Printing Office. pp. 96–105.
  4. ^ Laughnan, Woody (September 2, 1973). "Hustling, raucous city advances on Figarden Village". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, CA. Retrieved November 28, 2023.


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