Highway City | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fresno County |
Named For: | The Golden State Highway |
Coordinates: | 36.8108°N -119.885°W |
Elevation M: | 91 |
Elevation Ft: | 299 |
Highway City is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located 2.5miles southeast of Herndon, at an elevation of 299 feet (91 m).
A post office opened in Highway City in 1951.
A portion of the area has been incorporated in Fresno. It is located near the junction of State Route 99 and Shaw Avenue, one of the main streets of Fresno. The community was once known as Biola Junction and listed in the 1950 U.S. Census as an unincorporated place with a population of 1,002.[1] It was bisected by the realignment of US Route 99 which opened in 1960. The Highway City Community Center is located in a small public park just north of Shaw Avenue.
The name Highway City was first applied by fig grower J. C. Forkner and was used as a railroad shipping center for his Golden State Highway Fig Gardens concern.