Pueblo de las Juntas, California

Pueblo de las Juntas (also La Juntas and Fresno) is a former settlement in Fresno County, California situated at the confluence of the San Joaquin River and Fresno Slough,^[1] 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Mendota.^[2]

Pueblo de las Juntas was one of the first places settled by Spaniards in San Joaquin Valley in 1810. The name las Juntas (Spanish: the junctions), a reference to the location at the confluence of two streams. The name fresno (Spanish: ash tree) commemorates two large ash trees growing on the riverbank at the site.^[2] It was connected to the coast settlements via a route west along Panoche Creek to Panoche Pass in the Diablo Range, to Tres Pinos and northwest to Mission San Juan Bautista and west to Monterey. It was also on the eastern route of El Camino Viejo.

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↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pueblo de las Juntas, California
1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1070. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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RESIDENTS OF PUEBLO DE LAS JUNTAS

Municipalities and communities of Fresno County, California, United States

County seat: Fresno

Cities	Clovis Coalinga Firebaugh Fowler Fresno Huron Kerman Kingsburg Mendota Orange Cove Parlier Reedley San Joaquin Sanger Selma

CDPs	Auberry Big Creek Biola Bowles Calwa Cantua Creek Caruthers Centerville Del Rey Easton Fort Washington Friant Lanare Laton Malaga Mayfair Minkler Monmouth Old Fig Garden Raisin City Riverdale Shaver Lake Squaw Valley Sunnyside Tarpey Village Three Rocks Tranquillity West Park

Unincorporated communities	Alder Springs Arbios Avocado Balch Camp Barstow Benito Big Bunch Biola Junction Bretz Mill Broadview Farms Burness Burrel Calflax Camden Cameo Camp Sierra Cecile Cedar Crest Cedar Grove Cedarbrook Cella Chaney Ranch Cincotta Clint Clotho Conejo Crabtree Cromir Deer Crossing Dinkey Creek Dora Belle Dunlap Edmiston Elk Elm View Etheda Springs Figarden Five Points Floyd Giffen Cantua Ranch Glorietta Goldleaf Goodmill Gordon Gravesboro Helm Herndon Highway City Hoffman Point Hub Hume Hume Station Humphreys Station Huntington Lake Ingle Ivesta Jamesan Kanawyers La Jolla Ranch Lacjac Lakeshore Lerona Levis Locans Lone Star Marshall Junction Mathews Mill Mattei Meadow Lakes Mercey Hot Springs Miley Miramonte Mono Hot Springs Murietta Farm Muscatel Navelencia New Auberry Ockenden Old Bretz Mill Oleander Ora Oro Loma Oxalis Panoche Junction Parkfield Junction Piedra Pilibos Ranch Pinehurst Pineridge Prather Pratton Raco Riverbend Rock Haven Rodgers Crossing Rolinda Sawmill Flat Schilling Shaver Lake Heights Sierra Cedars Sierra Sky Park Snow Bend Tarpey Tollhouse Trimmer Turk Uva Vanguard Wahtoke Westhaven Westside Wildflower Wineland Wolf Wood Ranch Zediker

Indian reservations	Big Sandy Rancheria Cold Springs Rancheria Table Mountain Rancheria

Ghost towns	Andrews Barton Bender Bridge Bronge Butler Cadogan Caldwell Carlile Carmelita Coalinga Mineral Springs Collins Darwin Dathol Deseret Dickerson El Prado Elkhorn Station Eshel Everts Fargo Fort Camp Fresno Beach Fresno City Fruitvale Garfield Granz Hawthorne's Station Hayes Kelso Kingriver Kingston La Libertad Last Leroy Letcher Lillis Marshall Station McKenzie Spring McMullin Mendota Station Millerton Mountain Rest Nares Nevills Oakhurst Oleander Peteras Mill Pinedale Pool's Ferry Pool's Fort Poso de Chane Portal Pueblo de las Juntas Rancho de los Californios Reka Riverview Robinson Rogers Rugg Sanders Sentinel Sharpville Shaver Shipp Smith's Ferry Sparkville Sycamore Point Tarn Temperance Temple's Ranch Thermal Tisechu Vanris Vino Warsaw Watson's Ferry Whites Bridge

Coordinates: 36°46′46″N 120°22′19″W / 36.77938°N 120.37203°W / 36.77938; -120.37203

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