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About Sanger, California
Founded on 1888 and incorporated as a city on 1911, Sanger has a population of 24,270 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Sanger is named for Joseph Sanger Jr., an official of the Pacific Improvement Company, which was an affiliate of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The Sanger Railroad Depot was built in 1887 next to the Southern Pacific Railroad line that connected Fresno to Porterville. It is a Southern Pacific standard design Two Story Combination Depot No. 13 or 19. Sanger became a center for shipping grain, citrus and lumber from the nearby mountains. When the depot was retired, it was the oldest building in the city and was donated to the Sanger Historical Society which turned it into the Sanger Depot Museum in 1977.
In 1926, the General Grant Tree was designated as the Nation’s Christmas Tree by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge and the U.S. Department of Interior. In 1949, the City of Sanger was designated as the “Nation’s Christmas Tree City” by U.S. Postal Service and in 1956, the General Grant Tree was designed as a National Shrine by the U.S. Congress.