Milligan | |
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  Milligan Location within the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 34°16′36″N115°10′13″W / 34.27667°N 115.17028°W Coordinates: 34°16′36″N115°10′13″W / 34.27667°N 115.17028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 252940 |
Milligan is an abandoned settlement in San Bernardino County, California. Milligan is located at 34.2766750, -115.1702567 along Cadiz Road. [1]
In the 1930s the Lucky Jim Mine near Milligan [2] produced silver-copper ore which was shipped to Douglas, Arizona for smelting. [3] Located at a railroad siding of the Arizona and California Railroad, almost all traces of the settlement are now gone. An abandoned cemetery is in Milligan with 11 unmarked graves.
Nortonville is an unincorporated ghost town in Contra Costa County, California. It was located on Kirker Creek 5.5 miles (9 km) north-northeast of Mount Diablo, at an elevation of 801 feet.
Ogilby is a ghost town in Imperial County, California, United States. Ogilby is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 42 miles (68 km) east of El Centro, and 3.8 miles (6.1 km) north of Interstate 8 on County Road S34. The name is official for federal use, and a feature ID number of 252950 has been assigned. Ogilby is defined by the US Geological Survey as a populated place at 356 feet (109 m) AMSL elevation. NAD27 latitude and longitude are listed at 32°49′01″N114°50′20″W on the "Ogilby, California" 7.5-minute quadrangle (map). It is included in the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District. It lies at an elevation of 364 feet (111 m).
Earp, California is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County in the Sonoran Desert close to the California/Arizona state line at the Colorado River in Parker Valley.
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