Navelencia | |
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 |
Coordinates: | 36.6833°N -119.3856°W |
Elevation M: | 128 |
Elevation Ft: | 420 |
Navelencia is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States. It is located 7miles east-southeast of Centerville, at an elevation of 420 feet (128 m). The farmland surrounding Navelencia supports orchards of oranges and other citrus trees. The township's name is a portmanteau of two varieties of oranges: navel and valencia. This orange-themed naming is shared with the neighboring city, Orange Cove.
A post office operated at Navelencia from 1915 to 1931.