39°36′36″N 121°12′32″W / 39.61000°N 121.20889°W
Lumpkin | |
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Coordinates: 39°36′36″N 121°12′32″W / 39.61000°N 121.20889°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Butte County |
Elevation | 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
[edit]- ^ 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.