List of ghost towns in California

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Ghost towns in California were caused by factors including the end of the California gold rush, the creation of new lakes, and the abandonment of formerly-used rail and motor routes.

Contents

Classification

Barren site

Neglected site

Abandoned site

Semi abandoned site

Historic community

List

TownOther namesCountyLatitude/LongitudeFoundedAbandonedStatusRemarks
Agua Fria Mariposa 37°29′06″N120°01′13″W / 37.48500°N 120.02028°W / 37.48500; -120.02028 18501862 [1] Barren [2]
Agua Mansa San Bernardino 34°02′31″N117°21′50″W / 34.04194°N 117.36389°W / 34.04194; -117.36389 After 1862 [3] Barren [4] Declined slowly after the Great Flood of 1862. [3]
Alma Lexington [5] Santa Clara 37°10′48″N121°58′48″W / 37.18000°N 121.98000°W / 37.18000; -121.98000 1952SubmergedAlready declined to less than 100 residents, Alma was demolished during the 1952 construction of the James J. Lenihan Dam. Currently the few remaining structures are underneath the Lexington Reservoir and can only be seen during low water levels. [6]
Amboy San Bernardino 34°33′25″N115°44′42″W / 34.55694°N 115.74500°W / 34.55694; -115.74500 Semi-abandoned
Ashford Mill Inyo 35°55′08″N116°41′05″W / 35.91889°N 116.68472°W / 35.91889; -116.68472 1914
Asphalto Kern 35°18′17″N119°36′03″W / 35.30472°N 119.60083°W / 35.30472; -119.60083 1900
Atolia San Bernardino 35°18′53″N117°36′33″W / 35.31472°N 117.60917°W / 35.31472; -117.60917 2007
Avena Inyo [7]
Bagdad San Bernardino 34°34′58″N115°52′32″W / 34.58278°N 115.87556°W / 34.58278; -115.87556 Barren [8]
Ballarat Inyo 36°02′52″N117°13′24″W / 36.04778°N 117.22333°W / 36.04778; -117.22333 The Manson Family left graffiti here.
Banta San Joaquin Valley San Joaquin 37°45′16″N121°22′11″W / 37.75444°N 121.36972°W / 37.75444; -121.36972
Barnes Settlement Kern
Beeks Place Orange 33°49′14″N117°38′20″W / 33.82049°N 117.63878°W / 33.82049; -117.63878
Belleville San Bernardino 34°18′4″N116°53′3″W / 34.30111°N 116.88417°W / 34.30111; -116.88417
Bennettville Mono 37°56′15″N119°15′38″W / 37.93750°N 119.26056°W / 37.93750; -119.26056
Bend City Inyo 36°49′09″N118°07′50″W / 36.81917°N 118.13056°W / 36.81917; -118.13056
Benton Mono 37°49′09″N118°28′35″W / 37.81917°N 118.47639°W / 37.81917; -118.47639
Bestville Siskiyou 41°18′03″N123°08′35″W / 41.3007°N 123.1431°W / 41.3007; -123.1431
Blue Mountain Calaveras 38°22′15″N120°21′59″W / 38.37080°N 120.36642°W / 38.37080; -120.36642
Bodie Mono 38°12′44″N119°00′44″W / 38.21222°N 119.01222°W / 38.21222; -119.01222
Bondville Mariposa
Borel Mariposa
Branson City San Diego 33°04′41″N116°37′02″W / 33.07806°N 116.61722°W / 33.07806; -116.61722
Calico San Bernardino 34°56′56″N116°51′51″W / 34.94889°N 116.86417°W / 34.94889; -116.86417 1881 [9]
Camanche Calaveras 38°12′48″N120°56′07″W / 38.21333°N 120.93528°W / 38.21333; -120.93528 Submerged
Camp Spirito Calaveras 38°24′39″N120°31′07″W / 38.41080°N 120.51851°W / 38.41080; -120.51851
Canebrake Kern 35°43′42″N118°08′18″W / 35.72833°N 118.13833°W / 35.72833; -118.13833
Canon City Trinity 40°49′53″N123°03′10″W / 40.83139°N 123.05278°W / 40.83139; -123.05278
Carnegie San Joaquin 37°37′46″N121°31′41″W / 37.62951°N 121.52797°W / 37.62951; -121.52797
Carson Hill Calaveras 38°01′42″N120°30′24″W / 38.02833°N 120.50667°W / 38.02833; -120.50667
Cement Solano 38°17′34″N121°59′46″W / 38.29278°N 121.99611°W / 38.29278; -121.99611
Cerro Gordo Inyo 36°32.2626′N117°47.70186′W / 36.5377100°N 117.79503100°W / 36.5377100; -117.79503100
Cerro Gordo Landing Inyo
Chambless San Bernardino 34°33′41″N115°32′41″W / 34.56139°N 115.54472°W / 34.56139; -115.54472
Chanz Kern
Cherokee Butte 39°38′47″N121°32′18″W / 39.64639°N 121.53833°W / 39.64639; -121.53833
Chinquapin Mariposa 37°39′00″N119°42′19″W / 37.65000°N 119.70528°W / 37.65000; -119.70528
China Camp Marin 38°00′3″N122°27′41″W / 38.00083°N 122.46139°W / 38.00083; -122.46139
Chinese Camp Tuolumne 37°52′13″N120°26′01″W / 37.87028°N 120.43361°W / 37.87028; -120.43361
Chloride City Inyo 36°42′24″N116°52′56″W / 36.70667°N 116.88222°W / 36.70667; -116.88222
Chrysopolis Inyo 36°57′38″N118°11′48″W / 36.96056°N 118.19667°W / 36.96056; -118.19667
Clarkson Kern
Clearing House Clearinghouse, Yosemite Mill Mariposa 37°39′54″N 119°52′03″WSemi-abandoned
Coleman City San Diego 33°05′10″N116°38′42″W / 33.08611°N 116.64500°W / 33.08611; -116.64500
Coso Inyo 36°10′36″N117°38′49″W / 36.17667°N 117.64694°W / 36.17667; -117.64694
Cox & Clark Trading Post and Steamboat Landing Kings 35°58′08″N119°56′21″W / 35.96898°N 119.93929°W / 35.96898; -119.93929
Coyote Santa Clara 37°13′00″N121°44′26″W / 37.21667°N 121.74056°W / 37.21667; -121.74056
Craft Kern
Cuttens Kern
Cuyamaca City San Diego 32°59′05″N116°34′15″W / 32.98472°N 116.57083°W / 32.98472; -116.57083
Darwin Inyo 36°16′05″N117°35′30″W / 36.26806°N 117.59167°W / 36.26806; -117.59167
Deadwood Placer 39°04′50″N120°41′22″W / 39.08056°N 120.68944°W / 39.08056; -120.68944
Deadwood Trinity 40°43′10″N122°44′01″W / 40.71944°N 122.73361°W / 40.71944; -122.73361
Dedrick Trinity 40°51′46″N123°02′12″W / 40.86278°N 123.03667°W / 40.86278; -123.03667
Denny Trinity 40°56′38″N123°23′12″W / 40.94389°N 123.38667°W / 40.94389; -123.38667
Desert Spring Kern 35°16′20″N118°37′34″W / 35.27222°N 118.62611°W / 35.27222; -118.62611
Dogtown Mono 38°10′13″N119°11′51″W / 38.17028°N 119.19750°W / 38.17028; -119.19750
Domino Kern
Doreleska Trinity
Drawbridge Alameda 37°27′54″N121°58′28″W / 37.46500°N 121.97444°W / 37.46500; -121.97444
Drytown Amador 38°26′28″N120°51′16″W / 38.44111°N 120.85444°W / 38.44111; -120.85444
Dunmovin Inyo 36°05′19″N117°57′40″W / 36.08861°N 117.96111°W / 36.08861; -117.96111
Eagle Mountain Riverside 33°51′27″N115°29′14″W / 33.85750°N 115.48722°W / 33.85750; -115.48722
Eastwood San Diego 33°05′15″N116°36′40″W / 33.08750°N 116.61111°W / 33.08750; -116.61111
Echo Inyo Barren
El Dorado Bar Calaveras [ citation needed ]
Eldoradoville Los Angeles 34°13′47″N117°46′11″W / 34.2297°N 117.7698°W / 34.2297; -117.7698 1862
Elliott San Joaquin 38°14′05″N121°10′51″W / 38.23472°N 121.18083°W / 38.23472; -121.18083 1846 [10]
Elna Inyo 37°05′38″N118°13′28″W / 37.09389°N 118.22444°W / 37.09389; -118.22444
Empire City Stanislaus 37°38.239′N120°54.167′W / 37.637317°N 120.902783°W / 37.637317; -120.902783
Emory Mariposa
Essex San Bernardino 34°44′01″N115°14′42″W / 34.73361°N 115.24500°W / 34.73361; -115.24500
Falk Humboldt
Fountain Springs Tulare 35°53′28″N118°54′56″W / 35.891111°N 118.915556°W / 35.891111; -118.915556
Freeman Junction Kern 35°36′06″N117°54′11″W / 35.60166°N 117.90295°W / 35.60166; -117.90295
Fremont Valley Calaveras
French Flat Tuolumne 37°58′20″N120°28′17″W / 37.97222°N 120.47139°W / 37.97222; -120.47139
Furnace Inyo 36°11′29″N116°39′54″W / 36.19133°N 116.66495°W / 36.19133; -116.66495
Furnace Creek Inn Inyo 36°27′02″N116°51′08″W / 36.45056°N 116.85222°W / 36.45056; -116.85222
Garlock Kern 35°24′09″N117°47′24″W / 35.40250°N 117.79000°W / 35.40250; -117.79000
Gas Point Shasta 40°24′56″N122°32′04″W / 40.41556°N 122.53444°W / 40.41556; -122.53444
Gibsonville Sierra 39°44′25″N120°54′32″W / 39.74028°N 120.90889°W / 39.74028; -120.90889
Girard Kern
Glenburn Kern 43°38'19"N

116°14'28"W

Goffs San Bernardino 34°55′09″N115°03′46″W / 34.91917°N 115.06278°W / 34.91917; -115.06278
Gold Town Kern 35°00′06″N118°10′08″W / 35.00167°N 118.16889°W / 35.00167; -118.16889
Goler Heights Kern 35°25′37″N117°44′45″W / 35.42694°N 117.74583°W / 35.42694; -117.74583
Greasertown Calaveras 38°11′28″N120°45′15″W / 38.19113°N 120.75407°W / 38.19113; -120.75407
Greenwater Inyo 36°10′46″N116°36′59″W / 36.17944°N 116.61639°W / 36.17944; -116.61639
Greenwich Kern
Gerstley Inyo 36°00′43″N116°16′28″W / 36.01190°N 116.27456°W / 36.01190; -116.27456
Grub Gulch Madera 37°19′29″N119°46′15″W / 37.32472°N 119.77083°W / 37.32472; -119.77083
Gullion's Bar Siskiyou 41°17′48″N123°21′36″W / 41.29667°N 123.36000°W / 41.29667; -123.36000
Haiwee Inyo 36°08′48″N117°58′33″W / 36.14667°N 117.97583°W / 36.14667; -117.97583
Hamilton Butte 39°27′09″N121°38′28″W / 39.45254°N 121.64108°W / 39.45254; -121.64108
Hart San Bernardino 35°17′20″N115°06′12″W / 35.28889°N 115.10333°W / 35.28889; -115.10333
Hatfields Camp Kern 35°28′26″N117°52′06″W / 35.47389°N 117.86833°W / 35.47389; -117.86833
Helena Trinity 40°46′25″N123°07′42″W / 40.77361°N 123.12833°W / 40.77361; -123.12833
Hoboken Sacramento 38°33′28″N121°25′04″W / 38.55778°N 121.41778°W / 38.55778; -121.41778
Hodson Calaveras 37°59′48″N120°41′08″W / 37.99667°N 120.68556°W / 37.99667; -120.68556
Hokokwito Mariposa 37°45′30″N119°35′43″W / 37.75833°N 119.59528°W / 37.75833; -119.59528
Holy City Santa Clara 37°09′25″N121°58′44″W / 37.1568904°N 121.9788476°W / 37.1568904; -121.9788476
Horseshoe Bend Mariposa 37°40′41″N120°13′52″W / 37.67794°N 120.23101°W / 37.67794; -120.23101
Hollands Los Angeles [11]
Igo Shasta 40°30′20″N122°32′30″W / 40.505556°N 122.541667°W / 40.505556; -122.541667
Independence Flat Calaveras [ citation needed ]
Indian Gulch Mariposa 37°26′22″N120°11′49″W / 37.43944°N 120.19694°W / 37.43944; -120.19694
Indian Springs Kern
Iowa Hill Placer 39°06′31″N120°51′34″W / 39.10861°N 120.85944°W / 39.10861; -120.85944
Isabella Kern 35°39′20″N118°27′40″W / 35.65556°N 118.46111°W / 35.65556; -118.46111
Ivanpah San Bernardino 35°32′42″N115°32′07″W / 35.54500°N 115.53528°W / 35.54500; -115.53528
Jaeger City Imperial 32°43′52″N114°37′47″W / 32.73111°N 114.62972°W / 32.73111; -114.62972
Joe Walker Town Kern 35°25′20″N118°29′35″W / 35.42222°N 118.49306°W / 35.42222; -118.49306
Joyfull Kern
Kasson Inyo
Kern River Slough Kern 35°15′35″N118°58′03″W / 35.25972°N 118.96750°W / 35.25972; -118.96750
Kernvale Kern
Kernville Kern 35°42′51″N118°26′12″W / 35.71417°N 118.43667°W / 35.71417; -118.43667
Kearsarge Inyo 36°48′36″N118°19′30″W / 36.81000°N 118.32500°W / 36.81000; -118.32500
Keeler Inyo 36°29′14″N117°52′26″W / 36.48722°N 117.87389°W / 36.48722; -117.87389
Kelso San Bernardino 35°00′45″N115°39′13″W / 35.01250°N 115.65361°W / 35.01250; -115.65361
Kingston Kings 36°25′25″N119°41′38″W / 36.42361°N 119.69389°W / 36.42361; -119.69389
Kumaini Mariposa
La Panza San Luis Obispo 35°21′40″N120°12′56″W / 35.36111°N 120.21556°W / 35.36111; -120.21556
Langdon Kern
Lavers' Crossing Kern 35°44′12″N118°43′16″W / 35.73667°N 118.72111°W / 35.73667; -118.72111
Leadfield Inyo 36°50′48″N117°03′33″W / 36.84667°N 117.05917°W / 36.84667; -117.05917
Lee Inyo
Lee Camp Kern
Leliter Kern 35°42′38″N117°49′49″W / 35.71056°N 117.83028°W / 35.71056; -117.83028
Leon Riverside 33°39′09″N117°08′08″W / 33.65250°N 117.13556°W / 33.65250; -117.13556
Lexington Santa Clara 37°11′47″N121°59′18″W / 37.19639°N 121.98833°W / 37.19639; -121.98833
Liberty San Joaquin
Linda Rosa Riverside
Lila C Inyo 36°14′36″N116°29′56″W / 36.24333°N 116.49889°W / 36.24333; -116.49889
Lillis Fresno 36°26′18″N119°43′03″W / 36.43833°N 119.71750°W / 36.43833; -119.71750
Llano del Rio Los Angeles 34°30′23″N117°49′38″W / 34.50639°N 117.82722°W / 34.50639; -117.82722
Lone Pine Station Inyo
Lookout City Inyo 36°14′45″N117°26′05″W / 36.24583°N 117.43472°W / 36.24583; -117.43472
Lower Calaveritas Calaveras
Ludlow San Bernardino 34°43′16″N116°09′36″W / 34.72111°N 116.16000°W / 34.72111; -116.16000
Lyons Station Los Angeles 34°21′46″N118°30′27″W / 34.36270°N 118.50740°W / 34.36270; -118.50740
Macheto Mariposa
Mammoth City Mono
Manchester Monterey
Manzanar Inyo 36°44′24″N118°04′50″W / 36.74000°N 118.08056°W / 36.74000; -118.08056
Martensdale Kern
Martinez Tuolumne County 38°01′24″N120°22′47″W / 38.02333°N 120.37972°W / 38.02333; -120.37972
Masonic Mono 38°21′45″N119°06′45″W / 38.36250°N 119.11250°W / 38.36250; -119.11250
Melones Calaveras 38°00′45″N120°29′55″W / 38.01250°N 120.49861°W / 38.01250; -120.49861
Mentryville Los Angeles 34°22′44″N118°36′40″W / 34.379°N 118.611°W / 34.379; -118.611
Merced Falls Merced 37°31′23″N120°19′57″W / 37.52306°N 120.33250°W / 37.52306; -120.33250
Mercuryville Sonoma 38°46′34″N122°50′22″W / 38.77611°N 122.83944°W / 38.77611; -122.83944
Midland Riverside 33°51′40″N114°48′08″W / 33.86111°N 114.80222°W / 33.86111; -114.80222
Midway Kern
Mill Valley Calaveras
Minear Mariposa
Minersville Trinity 40°51′05″N122°46′59″W / 40.85139°N 122.78306°W / 40.85139; -122.78306
Mount Ophir Mariposa 37°30′53″N120°03′53″W / 37.51472°N 120.06472°W / 37.51472; -120.06472
Miramonte Kern
Mono Mills Mono 37°53′15″N118°57′34″W / 37.88750°N 118.95944°W / 37.88750; -118.95944
Monterio Kern
Moore's Flat Nevada
Mormon Island Sacramento 38°42′13″N121°07′03″W / 38.7035°N 121.1174°W / 38.7035; -121.1174 18481856Submerged
Mountain House Kern 35°41′31″N118°55′03″W / 35.69186°N 118.91759°W / 35.69186; -118.91759
Muroc Kern 34°55′23″N117°52′20″W / 34.92306°N 117.87222°W / 34.92306; -117.87222
Narka Inyo 35°53′52″N117°54′04″W / 35.89778°N 117.90111°W / 35.89778; -117.90111
Negro Flat Siskiyou 41°14′31″N123°16′51″W / 41.24194°N 123.28084°W / 41.24194; -123.28084
Neuralia Inyo
New Almaden Santa Clara 37°10′48″N121°50′08″W / 37.18000°N 121.83556°W / 37.18000; -121.83556
New Idria San Benito 36°25′1″N120°40′28″W / 36.41694°N 120.67444°W / 36.41694; -120.67444
Newtown Mariposa 37°42′12″N120°11′31″W / 37.70333°N 120.19194°W / 37.70333; -120.19194
Noonday Camp Inyo 35°48′39″N116°06′15″W / 35.81083°N 116.10417°W / 35.81083; -116.10417
Norristown Sacramento 38°33′28″N121°25′04″W / 38.55778°N 121.41778°W / 38.55778; -121.41778
North Muroc Kern 35°00′18″N117°49′08″W / 35.00500°N 117.81889°W / 35.00500; -117.81889
North Shore Riverside 33°30′46″N115°55′38″W / 33.51278°N 115.92722°W / 33.51278; -115.92722
Nortonville Contra Costa 37°57′28″N121°52′50″W / 37.95778°N 121.88056°W / 37.95778; -121.88056
Notomidula Mariposa
Olig Kern 35°19′30″N119°39′23″W / 35.32500°N 119.65639°W / 35.32500; -119.65639
Oregon Bar Calaveras
Oregon City Butte 39°35′38″N121°31′46″W / 39.59389°N 121.52944°W / 39.59389; -121.52944
Owensville Inyo 37°24′03″N118°20′44″W / 37.40083°N 118.34556°W / 37.40083; -118.34556
Packwood Station Tulare
Panamint City Inyo 36°07′06″N117°05′43″W / 36.11833°N 117.09528°W / 36.11833; -117.09528
Pasinogna San Bernardino 33°59′24″N117°43′03″W / 33.99000°N 117.71750°W / 33.99000; -117.71750
Patchen Santa Clara
Petersburg Kern 35°36′09″N118°36′13″W / 35.60250°N 118.60361°W / 35.60250; -118.60361
Petroleopolis Los Angeles
Picacho Imperial 33°01′23″N114°36′40″W / 33.02306°N 114.61111°W / 33.02306; -114.61111
Pinacate Riverside 33°45′36″N117°14′00″W / 33.76000°N 117.23333°W / 33.76000; -117.23333
Piute Kern
Politana San Bernardino
Port Chicago Contra Costa 38°02′46″N122°01′15″W / 38.04611°N 122.02083°W / 38.04611; -122.02083
Port Wine Sierra
Prado San Bernardino
Prairie City Sacramento
Providence San Bernardino 34°58′49″N115°30′19″W / 34.98028°N 115.50528°W / 34.98028; -115.50528
Purissima San Mateo 37°24′11″N122°25′01″W / 37.40306°N 122.41694°W / 37.40306; -122.41694
Pylema Kern
Quartzburg Kern
Quartzburg Mariposa 37°32′22″N120°12′16″W / 37.53944°N 120.20444°W / 37.53944; -120.20444
Rincon San Bernardino
Reefer City Kern 35°00′21″N118°11′06″W / 35.00583°N 118.18500°W / 35.00583; -118.18500
Reilly Inyo 36°00′25″N117°22′08″W / 36.00694°N 117.36889°W / 36.00694; -117.36889
Rice San Bernardino 34°05′01″N114°50′59″W / 34.08361°N 114.84972°W / 34.08361; -114.84972
Ridleys Ferry Mariposa
Rincon San Bernardino
Rio Bravo Kern 35°17′49″N119°03′24″W / 35.29684°N 119.05678°W / 35.29684; -119.05678
Riverview Kern
Roachville Inyo
Rock Springs Kern
Sage Kern
San Carlos Inyo 36°48′14″N118°07′34″W / 36.80389°N 118.12611°W / 36.80389; -118.12611 (San Carlos, Inyo County, California)
San Joaquin City San Joaquin 37°40′12″N121°15′58″W / 37.67000°N 121.26611°W / 37.67000; -121.26611
San Miguel de los Noches Kern
Sakaya Mariposa
Salmon Falls El Dorado 38°45′29″N121°03′30″W / 38.75806°N 121.05833°W / 38.75806; -121.05833 18501950sSubmergedCalifornia State Historical Marker #571
Sandy Bar Calaveras
Sawmill Flat Tuolumne 38°01′14″N120°22′51″W / 38.02056°N 120.38083°W / 38.02056; -120.38083
Scheelite Inyo
Schwaub Inyo 36°30′20″N116°43′25″W / 36.50556°N 116.72361°W / 36.50556; -116.72361
Scovern Hot Springs Kern 35°37′17″N118°28′27″W / 35.62139°N 118.47417°W / 35.62139; -118.47417
Second Garrotte Tuolumne 37°49′30″N120°11′51″W / 37.82500°N 120.19750°W / 37.82500; -120.19750
Seneca Plumas 40°06′38″N121°05′05″W / 40.11056°N 121.08472°W / 40.11056; -121.08472
Shamrock Kern
Shasta Shasta 40°35′32″N122°28′40″W / 40.59222°N 122.47778°W / 40.59222; -122.47778
Siberia San Bernardino 34°37′36″N115°59′09″W / 34.62667°N 115.98583°W / 34.62667; -115.98583
Silver Lake San Bernardino 35°22′16″N116°6′54″W / 35.37111°N 116.11500°W / 35.37111; -116.11500
Skidoo Inyo 36°26′08″N117°08′51″W / 36.43556°N 117.14750°W / 36.43556; -117.14750
Sloss Mariposa
Smyrna Kern
Sodan Inyo 35°55′16″N117°54′10″W / 35.92111°N 117.90278°W / 35.92111; -117.90278
Sorrell's Kern
Spanish Bar Calaveras
St. Louis Sierra
Stickneys Ferry Tulare
Stonewall San Diego
Stony Bar Calaveras
Strader Kern
Strand Kern
Stratton San Diego
Sullivan Kern
Sunland Inyo 37°19′57″N118°24′16″W / 37.33250°N 118.40444°W / 37.33250; -118.40444
Sunset Kern
Swansea Inyo 36°31′29″N117°54′14″W / 36.52472°N 117.90389°W / 36.52472; -117.90389
Taylors Bar Calaveras
Teagle Kern
Tehichipa Kern
Tejon Kern
Telegraph City Grasshopper City Calaveras 37°56′04″N120°44′24″W / 37.934444°N 120.74°W / 37.934444; -120.74 1860Neglected
Temescal Riverside
Terese Siding Kern
Terra Cotta Riverside 33°42′11″N117°22′29″W / 33.70306°N 117.37472°W / 33.70306; -117.37472
Timbuctoo Yuba 39°13′01″N121°19′07″W / 39.21694°N 121.31861°W / 39.21694; -121.31861
Toolwass Kern
Tumco Imperial
Unadilla Kern
Vaca Adobe Kings 36°03′08″N119°57′52″W / 36.05222°N 119.96435°W / 36.05222; -119.96435
Vallecito San Diego 32°58′34″N116°21′01″W / 32.97611°N 116.35028°W / 32.97611; -116.35028
Valley Wells San Bernardino 35°49′42″N117°19′54″W / 35.82833°N 117.33167°W / 35.82833; -117.33167
Vanderbilt San Bernardino 35°19′38″N115°14′59″W / 35.32722°N 115.24972°W / 35.32722; -115.24972
Vaughn Kern
Water Station Kern
Wenger Mariposa
Westville Placer 39°10′30″N120°38′53″W / 39.17500°N 120.64806°W / 39.17500; -120.64806
White Mountain City Inyo
Willard Riverside
Wingo Sonoma 38°12′33″N122°25′36″W / 38.20917°N 122.42667°W / 38.20917; -122.42667
Winter Garden Kern
Wiskala Mariposa
Woolsey Flat Nevada 39°24′41″N120°52′05″W / 39.41139°N 120.86806°W / 39.41139; -120.86806
Wrights Santa Clara 37°08′21″N121°56′49″W / 37.13917°N 121.94694°W / 37.13917; -121.94694
Yaqui Camp Calaveras
You Bet Nevada 39°12′33″N120°54′00″W / 39.20917°N 120.90000°W / 39.20917; -120.90000 A gold mining town
Zurich Alvord, Station [12] Inyo 37°10′58″N118°15′36″W / 37.18278°N 118.26000°W / 37.18278; -118.26000

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