Hayes or Hayes Station is a former settlement in
Fresno County,
California.[1] It was located 18 miles (29 km) southwest of
Mendota,[1][2] next to Silver Creek and slightly northeast of that waterway's junction with
Panoche Creek. The Panoche road exit on
I-5 (Exit 368) lies about one mile ENE of the location.[3][4][5]
A post office operated at Hayes from 1893 to 1902.[1] The place was named for its first postmaster, William J. Hayes.[1]
Murderer
James Dunham was seen near Hayes station in June 1896.[6]
References
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abcdDurham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1070.
ISBN1-884995-14-4.
^Feature Detail Report for: Panoche Creek, USGS.gov (Panoche Creek "drains the higher portion of the Diablo Range west of Llahada, flowing easterly through Panoche Valley and emptying into the San Joaquin Valley at Hayes Station.")