Lumpkin, California
Former settlement in California, United States
39°36′36″N 121°12′32″W / 39.61000°N 121.20889°W / 39.61000; -121.20889
Ghost town in California, United States
Lumpkin
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Lumpkin was a community in Butte County, California. It was located 6 miles (10 km) north-northwest of Clipper Mills on the Feather River Railway, at an elevation of 3586 feet (1093 m).[2] It was the site of a major lumber mill, producing 3.5 million board feet per year in the late 1880s.[3] A post office operated at Lumpkin from 1886 to 1919.[2]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lumpkin, California
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 272. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ California as It Is: Being a Concise Description of the State by Counties: with Memoranda of the Progress of Each in Agricultural, Horticultural, Mining and Other Industries, Up to the Year 1887-'88. San Francisco: Proprietors of the Daily and Weekly Call. 1888. p. 31. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
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Municipalities and communities of Butte County, California, United States
County seat: Oroville
- Biggs
- Chico
- Gridley
- Oroville
- Paradise
- Bangor
- Berry Creek
- Butte Creek Canyon
- Butte Meadows
- Butte Valley
- Cherokee
- Clipper Mills
- Cohasset
- Concow
- Durham
- Forbestown
- Forest Ranch
- Honcut
- Kelly Ridge
- Magalia
- Nord
- Oroville East
- Palermo
- Rackerby‡
- Richvale
- Robinson Mill
- South Oroville
- Stirling City
- Thermalito
- Yankee Hill
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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