State of California, United States
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- The geographic center, or that point on which a surface of uniform thickness would balance, for the state is located in Madera County , 61 km (38 mi) east of Madera, just outside of the community of North Fork.
- Statehood: 9 September 1850. Hernando Cortez first applied the name in the 1500s to the south tip of Baja California and the name was extended northward to the present area of the State by explorers. The origin of the name is traced to that of an imaginary island in a Spanish romance written by Montalvo about 1510. (US-T131/1976/DOI - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) News Release: Origin of Names of US States).
- 37.250224737° 15' 00.8"N-119.7512643119° 45' 04.6"W
- 36,354,327
- 469 m
- 172960698
- Updated May 7, 2020