Yokuts Valley, California
Yokuts Valley | |
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The Post Office in Yokuts Valley in 2018, before the community's name change | |
Location in Fresno County and the state of California | |
Yokuts Valley Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 36°44′25″N 119°14′48″W / 36.74028°N 119.24667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Fresno |
| Named after | The Yokuts, an Indigenous ethnic group comprising many tribes of Central California |
| Government | |
| • State Senator | Shannon Grove (R) |
| • State Assembly | David Tangipa (R) |
| • U. S. Congress | Vince Fong (R) |
| Area | |
• Total | 63.669 sq mi (164.901 km2) |
| • Land | 63.613 sq mi (164.758 km2) |
| • Water | 0.055 sq mi (0.143 km2) 0.09% |
| Elevation | 1,631 ft (497 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,564 |
| • Density | 56.03/sq mi (21.63/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 93646, 93675 |
| Area code | 559 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1659853, 2408799 |
Yokuts Valley (formerly Squaw Valley) is an unincorporated community located in Fresno County, California, at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada on State Route 180 just below Kings Canyon National Park.
As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total population of 3,564, up from 3,162 at the 2010 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau defined Squaw Valley as a census-designated place (CDP). Yokuts Valley is located 9 miles (14 km) north-northeast of Orange Cove and 30 miles (48 km) east of Fresno, at an elevation of 1,631 ft (497 m).