Pinedale, California

36°50′34″N 119°47′24″W / 36.84278°N 119.79000°W / 36.84278; -119.79000

Pinedale
District of Fresno, California Former Unincorporated community

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Coordinates: 36°50′34″N 119°47′24″W / 36.84278°N 119.79000°W / 36.84278; -119.79000
Country	United States
State	California
County	Fresno County
City	Fresno
Elevation ^[1]	348 ft (106 m)

Pinedale is a previously

Southern Pacific Railroad 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northwest of Clovis but has since become surrounded and annexed by the city of Fresno.^[2] Millerton Lake State Recreational Area is to its NE. The ZIP Code is 93650, and the community is inside area code 559

The first post office in Pinedale opened in 1923.[2]

Pinedale Assembly Center

The community was the site of one of several temporary detention camps (also known as 'assembly centers') located throughout the

Tule Lake

in California, could be built in isolated areas of the country. Beginning on March 30, 1942, all native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of Japanese ancestry living in California were ordered to surrender themselves for detention.

Known as "Camp Pinedale" the assembly center was located six miles (10 km) north of downtown Fresno on vacant land near an existing mill-workers housing area. The area is now within the Fresno city limits, north of Herndon Avenue and one mile (1.6 km) west of Blackstone Avenue.

The Army officially acquired the site on 24 March 1942. At the time of acquisition there were 21 warehouses and 11 other buildings which had been used to store cotton, sugar, and machinery. From 7 May to 23 July 1942, the Pinedale Assembly Center housed a total of 4,823 evacuees, with a maximum of 4,792 at a time. The evacuees were from Sacramento and El Dorado counties, and Oregon and Washington. Ten barracks blocks, each with 26 buildings, were constructed for the evacuees, and a separate block was built for the military police and administration. Also at the camp was the 840th Army Air Forces Specialized Depot.

There is an historical marker just east of Blackstone Avenue on the site of the railroad stop where the Japanese were brought to Fresno. The tracks have been removed, and there is now a bike trail in their place. The granite marker is on the side of the trail below the Freeway 41 overpass on Nees Avenue. At present, some of the original buildings from that era are still standing and a memorial is planned to be unveiled.^[3]^[4]

Education

Fresno County Public Library operates the Pinedale Branch Library.^[5]

Clovis Unified School District serves the Pinedale Community. CUSD's Pinedale Elementary School, Nelson Elementary School, Kastner Intermediate School and Clovis West High School operate in the Pinedale area.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pinedale, California
^
ISBN 1-884995-14-4
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^ "StackPath".
^ Camp militarymuseum.org Pinedale
^ "Pinedale Branch Library." Fresno County Public Library. Retrieved on June 27, 2010.

External links

Pinedale Memorial website

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