Hanford highlight
Kings County seat
Hanford has been the most populous city and the official county seat of Kings County since the county was formed in 1893.
Hanford became the county seat of Kings County when the county was established in 1893, a status it has held continuously for 130 years. As the administrative center for Kings County government, Hanford hosts the county courthouse, offices, and services that serve the entire region's residents and businesses. The city's role as county seat has shaped its development as a civic hub where county services, employment, and institutional presence anchor the local economy.
Kings County today extends across the southern San Joaquin Valley and includes agricultural, industrial, and growing residential areas. As the most populous city in the county, Hanford functions as the regional center for county services, courts, records, and governance. This civic role has meant that city development and county growth are closely connected, with the courthouse and civic buildings reflecting over a century of investment in county infrastructure.
County seats serve the families and workers across an entire region, making the economic stability of the area a shared responsibility. Life insurance protects individual families so they can continue contributing to their households and communities, and that protection is especially important in a region where so much of the local economy depends on the income of working families in surrounding areas.