Hayes, California
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Hayes or Hayes Station is a former settlement in Fresno County, California.[1] It was located 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Mendota,[1][2] next to Silver Creek and slightly northeast of that waterway's junction with Panoche Creek. The Panoche road exit on I-5 (Exit 368) lies about one mile ENE of the location.[3][4][5]
A post office operated at Hayes from 1893 to 1902.[1] The place was named for its first postmaster, William J. Hayes.[1]
Murderer James Dunham was seen near Hayes station in June 1896.[6]