Location: Kingsburg
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Top 6 Things to do in Kingsburg, California (CA)
Kingsburg (formerly, Kings River Switch, Wheatville, Kingsbury, Drapersville, Farleyville, and Kingsburgh) is a city in Fresno County, California. Kingsburg is located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Selma at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m), on the banks of the Kings River. The city is half an hour away from Fresno, and two hours away from the California Central Coast and Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The population was 11,382 at the 2010 census.
Restaurants in Kingsburg
1. Sun-Maid Store
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 48 reviews
2. Ramos Torres Winery
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
3. Smokehouse Bar & Grill
4. Svensk Butik
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4.0 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By jjaanndd
Svensk Butik is a hidden gem on Hwy 99 in California's Central Valley, about halfway between Orange County and Sequoia National Park. The friendly shopkeeper, June, wears a cultural costume and stocks mostly Scandinavian specialties: Christmas décor, books, linens, candles, kitchen wares, music, local honey, and other bee products. (Ask about Viking Smoked Salt.) Ask for help if you can't find something in particular as this is a tiny shop carrying a plethora of items that may not be easy for a first time visitor to locate. June can also answer your questions about Kingsburg and the local area, or Scandinavian culture. Svensk Butik is a beautiful piece of Old World cultural history. Stepping inside is like going back to a time when the pace of life was slower and when people took the time to be neighborly and connect with one another. I love this place!.
5. Swedish Coffee Pot Water Tower
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4.0 based on 9 reviews
6. Historic Kingsburg Jail
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By Mister-Markie - San Rafael, United States
All the times I've visited Kingsburg, and only this year did I stumble upon the Historic Kingsburg Jail! I was wandering down the main street, Draper Street, which has many alleys that cut through mid-block, some of which are being turned into dining areas or covered walkways where one can just sit for a moment. In one of the alleys, George Boyle Way, there was an informational sign which led me to the other end of the short alley. This opened up onto an area where I found the base of the Coffee Pot Water Tower, a large public park and the back of the fire department. And, the Historic Kingsburg Jail! A small white block building, with a delightful and well done painting of an escape in progress, I found a building that's a small museum of local law enforcement in the early 1900s. The building is open apparently 24 hours a day, and is video monitored for security - but it is the original jail, and is as hard-looking to break INTO as it was to break out of, mural notwithstanding . . . The building consists of a whole 2 jail cells and a small office, all off a small hallway heated by an old fashioned stove. Thick - VERY thick! - walls give a cool environment when sunny out - probably as cold in the winter?! The cells and office have been turned into dioramas by volunteers, and the effects are cool! A few articles posted around the walls flesh out the early history of the jail and a few of the local law enforcement men who kept Kingsburg safe in those early years - two of whom lost their lives in such service. Overall, the Kingsburg Historical Society has done a great job of keeping a small, out of the way building from simply being closed up and left to decay. Their efforts are worth a quick side trip, and I'm glad I stumbled upon this hidden gem of history!
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