Millerton

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Millerton is a former town in Fresno County, California, that once served as the county seat before being submerged by the creation of Millerton Lake.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Millerton canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement ⓘ
former town ⓘ
associatedWith Fort Miller ⓘ
category former populated place in Fresno County, California ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countySeatMovedTo Fresno ⓘ
declineReason flood risk from San Joaquin River ⓘ
relocation of county seat ⓘ
establishedIn 1850s ⓘ
foundedAs river town ⓘ
hadFunction administrative center ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
hasHistoricStatus ghost town site ⓘ
historicRegion Central California ⓘ
isNow submerged settlement ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Fresno County ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver San Joaquin River ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Millerton ⓘ
nearbyModernLocality Friant, California ⓘ
partiallyPreservedAs Millerton Courthouse ⓘ
servedAs county seat of Fresno County ⓘ
submergedBy Millerton Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
submergedDueTo construction of Friant Dam ⓘ
submergedIn 1940s ⓘ
wasCountySeatFrom 1856 ⓘ
wasCountySeatUntil 1874 ⓘ
waterBodyCreated Millerton Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Millerton Lake → namedAfter → Millerton ⓘ