Kings County is located in the Central Valley of the state of California. It is located in a rich agricultural region. Kings County is also home to NAS Lemoore, which is the U.S. Navy's newest and largest master jet air station. The county seat is the city of Hanford. Kings County is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Kings County was formed in 1893 from the western part of Tulare County. The county was named after El Rio de los Santos Reyes (River of the Holy Kings) after the Three Wise Men of the Bible.
As of the 2000 census, there were 129,461 people, 34,418 households, and 26,983 families residing in the county. However, the California Department of Finance estimates that the population had grown 154,743 as of January 1, 2009. There were 36,563 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile.

County Website: http://www.countyofkings.com

School District: http://www.kings.k12.ca.us/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1