:El Prado, California

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El Prado is a former settlement in Fresno County, California.{{Cite web|date=November 10, 1922|title=Friant Quadrangle|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=1edf8bfa76e22a405c091a34bec1a64c|url-status=live|access-date=January 28, 2022|website=USGS TopoView|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey|type=Map|format=USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128210028/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=1edf8bfa76e22a405c091a34bec1a64c |archive-date=2022-01-28 }} It was located at the junction of the San Joaquin and Eastern and the Southern Pacific Railroads {{convert|6|mi|km}} north-northwest of Clovis.{{California's Geographic Names|1032}}

The settlement was located at an elevation of 377 feet (115 m). The primary function of the settlement was being a switch yard for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad. It initially known as "Nopac Siding", before it was changed to El Prado (The Meadow) shortly after its construction.{{Cite book |last=Johnston |first=Hank |url=https://archive.org/details/railroadthatligh0000unse/page/16/mode/2up?q=El+prado |title=The Railroad That Lighted Southern California |publisher=Trans-Anglo Books |year=1965 |isbn=9780870460128 |location=Los Angeles, CA}} It still appeared on maps as late as 1922.{{cite news |title=Clampers plan railroad pilgrimage |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75627364/8-26-1982/ |newspaper=Fresno Bee |date=August 26, 1982 |page=B4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=January 12, 2023}}{{cite news |title=El Prado rail center is a ghost of the past |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116303098/the-fresno-bee/ |newspaper=Fresno Bee |date=May 6, 1974 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=January 12, 2023}}