Editing Planada, California (section)

==History==
Planada was originally named Whitton by railroad officials.<ref name=CGN /> The area's first white settlers were a group of Swiss dairy farmers, who renamed the settlement Geneva.<ref name=CGN /> The Geneva post office opened in 1896, closed in 1897, then reopened in 1898. In 1911, it held a contest to select a new name for the town, and Planada was the winning entry.<ref name=CGN />  The [[San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad]] (built in the late 1890s) had a "Geneva" station which became the "Planada" station.

Since many of Planada's residents - as many as 41 percent - are undocumented, they were ineligible for most federal aid. In July, the state legislature passed a bill to provide assistance to Planada residents.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/us/california-flood-relief-central-valley.html|title=California to Provide $20 Million to Flooded Central Valley Farm Town|last=Karlamangla|first=Soumya|date=July 10, 2023|work=The New York Times|access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref>