Named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway station of the Central Pacific Railroad before it was incorporated in 1885. It has since become an economic hub of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley, with much of the surrounding areas in the Metropolitan Fresno region predominantly tied to large-scale agricultural production. Fresno is near the geographic center of California, approximately north of Los Angeles, south of the state capital, Sacramento, and southeast of San Francisco. Yosemite National Park is about to the north, Kings Canyon National Park to the east, and Sequoia National Park to the southeast.
Named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway. station of the Central Pacific Railroad before it was incorporated in 1885 It has since become an economic hub of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley, with much of the surrounding areas in the Metropolitan Fresno region predominantly tied to large-scale agricultural production Fresno is near the geographic center of California, approximately north of Los Angeles, south of the state capital, Sacramento, and southeast of San Francisco. Yosemite National Park is about to the north, Kings Canyon National Park to the east, and Sequoia National Park to the southeast.