{"id":758,"date":"2012-10-11T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T23:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2014-01-28T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T00:04:28","slug":"about-madera-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=758","title":{"rendered":"About Madera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?attachment_id=766\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-766\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tozerwelcome-262x300.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Perfect Location\u201d Madera County is in the \u201cheart\u201d of California; serves as the \u201cPassageway to the Sierras\u201d; and is located in the exact center of California. Madera residents find they have easy access to Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks along with access to the Pacific Coast, Bay Area and Southern California. Madera County encompasses 2,147 square miles, with the City of Madera covering approximately 14 square miles. The City of Madera has an elevation of 282 feet.<\/p>\n<p>The geographical center of the State is located in North Fork (Madera County) where an attractive wooden sign at the intersection of North Fork Road and Auberry Road marks the point. This is about 20 miles from the south entrance of Yosemite National Park.<\/p>\n<p>For further information about Madera please utilize the following links:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Demographics\" href=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=761\">Demographics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Government\" href=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=1592\">Government<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"History\" href=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=773\">History<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"City of Madera Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=777\">City of Madera Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cultural Arts In Madera County\" href=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=782\">Cultural Arts in Madera County<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Public Halls and Meeting Places\" href=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=789\">Public Halls and Meeting Places<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Perfect Location\u201d Madera County is in the \u201cheart\u201d of California; serves as the \u201cPassageway to the Sierras\u201d; and is located in the exact center of California. Madera residents find they have easy access to Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks along with access to the Pacific Coast, Bay Area and Southern California. Madera\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/?page_id=758\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9006,"href":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758\/revisions\/9006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderachamber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}