Place:North Fork, Madera, California, United States

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NameNorth Fork
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates37.217°N 119.5°W
Located inMadera, California, United States
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North Fork (formerly Brown's and Northfork; Mono wa?ahhpY, "cedar grove") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States.[1] As of the 2020 United States census it had a population of 3,250.[2] It is part of the Madera Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California maintains their tribal headquarters in North Fork.

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History

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The town's original inhabitants were members of the Mono tribe, who still comprise a significant portion of the population (9.4% according to the 2000 Census). The town was originally named "Brown's" after its first white settler, Milton Brown. The name "North Fork" came from the North Fork Lumber Company. The North Fork post office opened in 1888.

In the 1950s, it became a lumber town. North Fork's economy was based on the timber industry until the local lumber mill closed in 1996.

The US Forest Service Crane Valley Hotshots, an elite crew of wildland firefighters, are based in North Fork.

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