Explore Stratford, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.
| City | Stratford |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Kings County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 36.189396 |
| Longitude | -119.823188 |
| Population | 1,121 |
| Density | 621.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93266 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| County Seat | Hanford |
| School District | Central Union Elementary School District |
Stratford spreads across the flat, sun-drenched expanse of the Central Valley, defined by the persistent presence of the Stratford Canal. It lies 8.0 miles south-southwest of Lemoore, CA (from Lemoore, CA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 6.8 miles southeast of Lemoore Station. This waterway cuts a straight, utilitarian line through the earth, serving as a vital artery for the thirsty fields that define the horizon. The landscape here is defined by vast, open horizontality, where the sky claims more territory than the ground, and the air holds a dry, dusty warmth that shimmers during the long summer afternoons. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada stands as a silent sentinel, anchoring the immense scale of the plains. Nine miles away, the vast, arid expanse of the Tulare Lake Bed serves as a reminder of the shifting hydrology that has long shaped the character of this inland terrain.
Stratford exists as a quiet node in the vast network of California agriculture, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the turning of the soil and the cycles of harvest. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the productivity of the surrounding acreage, a legacy of land development that has transformed the basin into a sprawling engine of cultivation. Life here moves with a deliberate, steady pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the urban centers, though the proximity of the Lemoore Municipal Golf Course provides a localized patch of maintained green amidst the prevailing gold and brown of the valley floor. History in Stratford is written in the furrows of the fields and the endurance of those who work them, maintaining a functional, hardworking identity that persists under the relentless, brilliant light of the inland sun.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stratford, California. Coordinates: 36.189396, -119.823188. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Stratford includes the ZIP code (93266), telephone area code (661), county seat of Kings County (Hanford), and school district assignment (Central Union Elementary School District).
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |