36°47′43″N 118°35′05″W / 36.79528°N 118.58472°W / 36.79528; -118.58472

Kanawyers
Unincorporated community
Kanawyers is located in California
Kanawyers
Kanawyers
Location in California
Coordinates: 36°47′43″N 118°35′05″W / 36.79528°N 118.58472°W / 36.79528; -118.58472
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyFresno County
Elevation
[1]
5,020 ft (1,530 m)

Kanawyers (formerly, Kanawyer)[2] is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.[1] It lies at an elevation of 5020 feet (1530 m)[1] in the canyon of the South Fork of the Kings River at the end of State Route 180.

The Kanawyer post office operated from 1908 to 1914.[2] The town was founded by Peter Napoleon Kanawyer,[2] who mined copper from the nearby creek which now bears the metal's name.

This area is also known now as Cedar Grove (Roads End) in Kings Canyon National Park.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kanawyers, California
  2. 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1053. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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