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Madera County

county in California, United States
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Summary

Madera County is a county of California[1]. It draws 847 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #44 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Madera[5]
  • Shares border with: Mariposa County[6], Tuolumne County[7], Mono County[8], Fresno County[9], Merced County[10]
  • Named after: wood[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Chowchilla[12], Madera[13]
  • Commons category: Madera County, California[14]
  • Inception: 1893[15], March 11, 1893[16]
  • Coordinate location: 37.22, -119.77[17]
  • Authority: County of Madera[18]
  • Separated from: Fresno County[19]
  • Official website: https://www.maderacounty.com/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Madera County, California[21]
  • Population: 150,865[22], 151,178[23], 152,141[24], 152,235[25], 152,389[26], 154,998[27], 159,536[28], 157,327[29], 156,255[30]
  • Described by source: Place Names of the High Sierra[31]
  • Contains settlement: Ahwahnee[32], Bass Lake[33], Bonadelle Ranchos[34], Coarsegold[35], Fairmead[36], La Vina[37], Madera Acres[38], Madera Ranchos[39], Nipinnawasee[40], North Fork[41], Oakhurst[42], Parksdale[43], Parkwood[44], Rolling Hills[45]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Madera County, California[46]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Madera County, California[47]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Madera County, California[48]
  • Number of households: 44,479[49]
  • Native label: Madera County[50]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107893[51]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Madera County, California[52]
  • Area: 5577[53]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.79[54]

Why It Matters

Madera County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Related Entities

California United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Madera County, Cali
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Madera County, California.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
  2. 12w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Madera County Courthouse.JPG
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: Madera County Courthouse.JPG, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22224636
    Taxonomicon id → 1804330
    Umls cui → C3829226
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of California
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Madera County, California
    Country → —
    Official website → https://www.maderacounty.com/
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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