{"id":45872,"count":1,"description":"Friant (formerly, Converse Ferry, Jones Ferry, Hamptonville, and Pollasky) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 549 at the 2010 census, down from 778 at the 2000 census. Friant is located 11.5 miles (19\u00a0km) north of Clovis, at an elevation of 344 feet (105 m).\nFriant is located at 36\u00b059\u203216\u2033N 119\u00b042\u203243\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff36.98778\u00b0N 119.71194\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 36.98778; -119.71194. The CDP is located along the banks of the San Joaquin River and at the base of Friant Dam and Millerton Lake.\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4\u00a0km), of which 96.2% is land and 3.8% is water.\nThe place was first called Converse Ferry for Charles Converse, who established a ferry across the San Joaquin River in 1852. It was renamed Jones Ferry for J.R. Jones, a local merchant. The post office came in 1881 and named the place Hamptonville, after William R. Hampton, its first postmaster. The Southern Pacific Railroad...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/friant\/","name":"Friant","slug":"friant","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/45872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=45872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}