Editing Sanger, California (section)

==History==
[[Yokuts]] inhabited the area.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DR35AAAAQBAJ&q=Images+of+america+california | title=Sanger | date=January 28, 2024 | publisher=Arcadia | isbn=978-1-4671-3018-9 }}</ref>

In 1886, the [[Southern Pacific Company]] referred to the area as Sanger Junction, concerning plans to improve access to the fertile land. Later the area was known simply as Sanger.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Out West, Volume 29|last = Lummis|first = Charles|publisher = F. A. Pattee & Company|year = 1908}}</ref> The name commemorates Joseph Sanger Jr., secretary-treasurer of the [[Railroad Yardmasters of America|Railroad Yardmasters Association]], who visited California in 1887.<ref name="CGN" />

In 1888, the [[Pacific Improvement Company]] owned and sold lots on the site and the first post office opened.<ref name="CGN" /><ref name=":0"/>

In 1890, the [[Kings River Lumber Company]] built a 62-mile long [[log flume]] to transport timber from the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|High Sierras]] to Sanger. That year more than 75 buildings were erected.<ref name=":0" />

The Sanger Railroad Depot was built in 1887 next to the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] line that connected Fresno to [[Porterville, California|Porterville]]. It is a Southern Pacific standard design Two Story Combination Depot No. 13 or 19.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots|last=Bender|first=Henry E. Jr. |publisher=Signature Press|year=2013|isbn=9781930013339|location=Berkeley and Wilton, California|pages=71–73}}</ref> Sanger became a center for [[grain trade|shipping grain]], citrus and lumber from the nearby mountains. When the depot was retired, it was the oldest building in the city and was donated to the Sanger Historical Society which turned it into the Sanger Depot Museum in 1977.<ref name="SDM">[http://www.sangerdepotmuseum.org/ Home], Sanger Depot Museum, Acpleasecessed August 4, 2009.</ref>

By 1908, Sanger had a [[Elementary school (United States)|grammar school]], a [[Secondary school|high school]], seven churches, two newspapers, an [[opera house]], a bank, grain warehouses, [[packing house]]s and two [[physician]]s.<ref name=":0" />

The city incorporated in 1911.<ref name="CGN" />

In 1949, the city was designated the "Nation's Christmas Tree City" by the U.S. Postal Service.<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ci.sanger.ca.us/sangerhistory.asp|title=Sanger City History|access-date=April 6, 2013|publisher=City of Sanger}}</ref>