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 (the United States)

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Coordinates: 39°36′36″N 121°12′32″W / 39.61000°N 121.20889°W / 39.61000; -121.20889CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyButte CountyElevation

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3,586 ft (1,093 m)

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.