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.

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Millerton canonical 1

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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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Millerton Lake namedAfter Millerton