Armona, California

Armona is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kings County, California, United States.

Armona is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west-southwest of Hanford,[3] at an elevation of 239 feet (73 m).

[2] California State Route 198 runs through the community, leading east into Hanford, the county seat, and west 4 miles (6 km) to Lemoore.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), all of it land.

It was subsequently transferred to the present location on the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1891.

As that structure did not comply with California's earthquake standards (the Field Act), it was replaced in 1953 with what is now the Armona Elementary School.

There were 1,202 housing units at an average density of 631.2 per square mile (243.7/km2), of which 728 (63.2%) were owner-occupied, and 424 (36.8%) were occupied by renters.

Freight service is available from the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, which passes through Armona.

There is one K-12 private school, Armona Union Academy, which is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Armona is in the Hanford Joint Union High School District.

Armona is represented on the Kings County Board of Supervisors by Craig Pedersen.

[27] Lyn Lary played shortstop for six different teams in his twelve-year career in Major League Baseball including with the New York Yankees The United Methodist Church was constructed in 1910.

Armona United Methodist Church
Kings County map