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711 HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACES
Historical populated places, former settlements, and vanished geographic names recorded in California by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Places
- Abbato — Merced County
- Acme — San Bernardino County
- Acorn — Santa Barbara County
- Ahwin — Santa Barbara County
- Ailsa — San Bernardino County
- Alfac — Tulare County
- Algodon — Yuba County
- Alma — Santa Cruz County
- Alpha — Nevada County
- Alpine — Los Angeles County
- Alta — San Diego County
- Alta Vista — Tulare County
- Ambrose — Contra Costa County
- American Hill — Sierra County
- Andover — Placer County
- Antelope — Sierra County
- Argentine — Plumas County
- Arno — Sacramento County
- Arnold — Stanislaus County
- Arundel — Merced County
- Asco — Alameda County
- Ash — Madera County
- Ash Creek Station — Siskiyou County
- Ashford Mill — Inyo County
- Asphalt Mines — San Luis Obispo County
- Asphalto — Kern County
- Auld — Riverside County
- Avena — San Joaquin County
- Badger Hill — Nevada County
- Bailey Flats — Madera County
- Baird — Shasta County
- Baltimore — Placer County
- Bamom — El Dorado County
- Banner — Kings County
- Barkerville — Lake County
- Bartolo — Los Angeles County
- Bath — Placer County
- Baxter — San Bernardino County
- Bayha — Shasta County
- Bayley — Modoc County
- Bean — Kings County
- Bear Valley — Nevada County
- Belfast — San Bernardino County
- Bellevue — Merced County
- Bellota — San Joaquin County
- Bells Bar — Plumas County
- Beltaine — Sonoma County
- Bender — Fresno County
- Bennettville — Mono County
- Bernice — Imperial County
- Betabel — Santa Clara County
- Bidwell — Butte County
- Bidwell Bar — Butte County
- Big Ripples — Butte County
- Bihlman — Sutter County
- Bismarck — San Bernardino County
- Blinzing — Butte County
- Bliss — Yuba County
- Bloomer — Butte County
- Blumenberg — Sacramento County
- Bontes — Plumas County
- Bothin — Marin County
- Bragdon — Trinity County
- Branson — San Diego County
- Briggston — Solano County
- Britona — Yolo County
- Brock Creek — Humboldt County
- Bronge — Fresno County
- Browns — San Bernardino County
- Brownstone — Ventura County
- Brush — Butte County
- Buckeye Flat — El Dorado County
- Buena Vista — Nevada County
- Bullards Bar — Yuba County
- Burchell — Merced County
- Burling — Tulare County
- Butler — Fresno County
- Butlers — Imperial County
- Butte House — Sutter County
- Caldwell — Fresno County
- Caleb — Riverside County
- Califa — Madera County
- Calkins — Shasta County
- Calvada — Sierra County
- Camanche — Calaveras County
- Cambio — Kern County
- Canebrake — Kern County
- Cantara — Siskiyou County
- Carbondale — Orange County
- Carneros — Napa County
- Caymus — Napa County
- Cedar Springs — San Bernardino County
- Centerville — Humboldt County
- Centerville — Sierra County
- Centerville — Alpine County
- Central Valley — Shasta County
- Champion — Nevada County
- Chandler — Los Angeles County
- Chandler — Sutter County
- Chandon — Butte County
- Chases — Plumas County
- Chats — Lassen County
- Cherry — Sonoma County
- China Gulch — Plumas County
- Chinatown — Santa Clara County
- Chinatown — Amador County
- Chloride City — Inyo County
- Chrysopolis — Inyo County
- Churntown — Shasta County
- Cicero — Sacramento County
- Cinnabar Springs — Siskiyou County
- Clayton — Los Angeles County
- Clems — Santa Cruz County
- Clinton — Alameda County
- Cold Spring — Sierra County
- Collins — Fresno County
- Collins — San Bernardino County
- Condemned Bar — Yuba County
- Conley — Sacramento County
- Coombs — Yuba County
- Cornelius — Sutter County
- Cornwell — Kings County
- Corona — Sonoma County
- Coronado Heights — San Diego County
- Coyote Valley Rancheria — Mendocino County
- Craig — Butte County
- Crittendon — Mendocino County
- Cronise — San Bernardino County
- Crow — Plumas County
- Crystal Springs — Nevada County
- Cuba — Merced County
- Cuneo — Kings County
- Cuyamaca — San Diego County
- Daum — Orange County
- David — Butte County
- Deadwood — Sierra County
- Delaney — Plumas County
- Dells — San Bernardino County
- Democrat — Nevada County
- Denman — Sonoma County
- Dentens — Plumas County
- Desert Relief — Los Angeles County
- Dew Drop — Amador County
- Dickenson — Merced County
- Dickerson — Fresno County
- Dillon — Nevada County
- Docas — Monterey County
- Dog Town — Mono County
- Don — San Diego County
- Donahue — Sonoma County
- Dove — San Luis Obispo County
- Drawbridge — Alameda County
- Drum — Placer County
- Dumont — San Bernardino County
- Dunbarton — Monterey County
- Dunlap — Mendocino County
- Duri — San Benito County
- Dyer Place — Humboldt County
- Dyerville — Humboldt County
- Eads — San Bernardino County
- Eagle Bird — Nevada County
- Eagle Tree — San Joaquin County
- Eaglet — San Luis Obispo County
- Eaires — Kern County
- Eastlake — Lake County
- Eddyville — Humboldt County
- Edendale — Merced County
- Edendale — Los Angeles County
- Edgemont — Lassen County
- Edmanton — Plumas County
- El Capitan — San Diego County
- El Nido Mobile Home Estates — Orange County
- El Prado — Fresno County
- Elinor — Humboldt County
- Elk Grove — Humboldt County
- Elliot — Alameda County
- Elliott — San Joaquin County
- Ellis — Shasta County
- Elmore — Shasta County
- Elna — Inyo County
- Elvaton — Yolo County
- Elvira — San Diego County
- Ely — Sonoma County
- Empire — Mendocino County
- Empire — Contra Costa County
- English Bar — Plumas County
- Ensign — Tehama County
- Enterprise — Butte County
- Eric — Kern County
- Erle — Yuba County
- Erner — Humboldt County
- Ertlerger — Humboldt County
- Eshel — Fresno County
- Eskini — Butte County
- Esmar — Stanislaus County
- Esperanza — Siskiyou County
- Etiwa — San Bernardino County
- Eureka — Sierra County
- Evergreen — Los Angeles County
- Eyese Bar — Siskiyou County
- Fairoaks Bridge — Sacramento County
- Falling Springs — Los Angeles County
- Fargo — Fresno County
- Farley — Santa Cruz County
- Feather River Inn — Plumas County
- Felice — Sonoma County
- Fep — San Benito County
- Ferry Point — Siskiyou County
- Fitzpatrick — Shasta County
- Flat Ravine — Placer County
- Flea Valley — Butte County
- Fletcher — Modoc County
- Flosden — Solano County
- Fluhr — Kern County
- Forbes — Marin County
- Forest Home — Amador County
- Forest Spring — Nevada County
- Fort Camp — Fresno County
- Fort Miller — Madera County
- Fort Ord Village — Monterey County
- Fort Piute — San Bernardino County
- Foster Bar — Yuba County
- Fram — Kern County
- Frenches Ravine — Yuba County
- Fresno Beach — Fresno County
- Fresno City — Fresno County
- Frosts — El Dorado County
- Furnace — Inyo County
- Furnaceville — Shasta County
- Gabilan — Monterey County
- Gadwall — Merced County
- Galena Hill — Yuba County
- Garden Valley — Yuba County
- Gaspur — Los Angeles County
- Giant Oak — Tulare County
- Gilta — Siskiyou County
- Goggins — Placer County
- Gold Lake — Butte County
- Gold Town — Kern County
- Golf — Marin County
- Goumaz — Lassen County
- Graham — Sacramento County
- Graham — Siskiyou County
- Granz — Fresno County
- Grapeland — San Bernardino County
- Greekstore — Placer County
- Greenspot — San Bernardino County
- Greenville — Alameda County
- Greenwater — Inyo County
- Greenwood — Sonoma County
- Grey Rocks — Tulare County
- Greystone — Santa Clara County
- Gridley Colony Number One — Butte County
- Gridley Colony Number Two — Butte County
- Grizzly Bluff — Humboldt County
- Grizzly Gulch — Sierra County
- Grub Gulch — Madera County
- Guadalupe — Santa Clara County
- Guenoc — Lake County
- Gypsum — Orange County
- Halley — Stanislaus County
- Harbine — Sonoma County
- Hardin — Mendocino County
- Hart — San Bernardino County
- Hart — Shasta County
- Haselbusch — Butte County
- Hasset — Kings County
- Hatfield Place — Tehama County
- Hawes — San Bernardino County
- Hawk Ravine — Butte County
- Hawkins — Tulare County
- Hebron — Yolo County
- Heinlenville — Santa Clara County
- Heitman Place — Tehama County
- Henryford — Shasta County
- Hickson — Los Angeles County
- Highland — Santa Cruz County
- Hillside — Madera County
- Hodson — Calaveras County
- Hoff — Merced County
- Hogtown — Shasta County
- Holland Summit — Los Angeles County
- Hollenbeck — Modoc County
- Holton — Los Angeles County
- Hooper — Contra Costa County
- Hooperville — Siskiyou County
- Hope — Tulare County
- Hopyard — Sonoma County
- Houston — Siskiyou County
- Houston — Shasta County
- Howard Mill — Lake County
- Hume — Butte County
- Hunts Hill — Nevada County
- Hyperion — Los Angeles County
- Illinoistown — Placer County
- Indak — El Dorado County
- Indian Hill — Sierra County
- Inmans — Kern County
- Irish Place — Tehama County
- Irishtown — Amador County
- Irving — Marin County
- Isabella — Kern County
- Isaiah — Butte County
- Jacobsen — El Dorado County
- Jalama — Santa Barbara County
- Jamison — Plumas County
- Jesbel — Madera County
- Jones Bar — Nevada County
- Kaci-badon — Lake County
- Kelly — Shasta County
- Kennett — Shasta County
- Keno — Trinity County
- Kerby — Plumas County
- Kernville — Kern County
- Khoonkhwuttunne — Del Norte County
- Khwunrghunme — Del Norte County
- Kimballville — Ventura County
- Kimble — Kings County
- King — San Bernardino County
- Kingston — Kings County
- Kobe — Yolo County
- Koloma — El Dorado County
- Kramer Hills — San Bernardino County
- Kunuqug — Santa Barbara County
- Kurand — Glenn County
- Kworatem — Humboldt County
- Kyan — Kern County
- La Branza — Merced County
- La Rose — Kern County
- Lacresta — Sonoma County
- Ladrillo — San Diego County
- Lambert — Sacramento County
- Lancha Plana — Amador County
- Land — Butte County
- Lane Mill — Inyo County
- Lane Redwood Flat — Mendocino County
- Langs — Nevada County
- Lankershim — Madera County
- Las Plumas — Butte County
- Las Uvas — San Bernardino County
- Lasslys — Yuba County
- Laugenour — Yolo County
- Lava Beds — Butte County
- Lawyers Bar — Del Norte County
- Leeman — Yolo County
- Leliter — Kern County
- Lempon — Tulare County
- Leonard — Santa Cruz County
- Leonard Place — Tehama County
- Leonards — Kern County
- Letcher — Fresno County
- Lethent — Kings County
- Levee — Kern County
- Lexington — Santa Clara County
- Lila C — Inyo County
- Lillienthal — Shasta County
- Lillis — Fresno County
- Lincoln — Madera County
- Linda Vista — San Diego County
- Linora — Merced County
- Little Dixie — Kern County
- Little Jamison — Plumas County
- Little York — Nevada County
- Liwaito — Yolo County
- Lockharts — Humboldt County
- Lookout City — Inyo County
- Lorraine — Butte County
- Los Pitos — Ventura County
- Lovejoy — Plumas County
- Lower Rancheria — Amador County
- Lurline — Colusa County
- Lyman — Glenn County
- Mabel — Shasta County
- Mace — San Bernardino County
- Machado — Los Angeles County
- Madrone — Sonoma County
- Madrone Soda Springs — Santa Clara County
- Magnet — Madera County
- Magnetic Spring — Santa Cruz County
- Mailliard — Marin County
- Makahmo — Sonoma County
- Malakoff — Nevada County
- Malibu Mar Vista — Los Angeles County
- Mallard — Alameda County
- Malton — Glenn County
- Marcuse — Sutter County
- Marguerite — Merced County
- Marigold — Yuba County
- Martins Ferry — Humboldt County
- Marty — Yolo County
- Maxwellton — San Luis Obispo County
- May — Amador County
- Maybert — Nevada County
- Mayflower — Placer County
- Mayflower — Imperial County
- McCauley — Sonoma County
- McKenzie Spring — Fresno County
- McMahons — Sierra County
- McMullin — Fresno County
- Medano — Madera County
- Mendoza — Sutter County
- Mentryville — Los Angeles County
- Merienda — Alameda County
- Metcalf — Siskiyou County
- Meyers — Stanislaus County
- Michigan Bar — Sacramento County
- Michopdo — Butte County
- Middle Waters — Sierra County
- Middletown — Shasta County
- Mill City — Mono County
- Millar — Solano County
- Miller — Marin County
- Millertown — Placer County
- Millham City — Kings County
- Milligan District — Amador County
- Millsholm — Glenn County
- Millspaugh — Inyo County
- Millwood — Fresno County
- Milton — Sierra County
- Minersville — Trinity County
- Mirabel — Lake County
- Miracle Hot Springs — Kern County
- Miraflores — Orange County
- Miscanaka — Ventura County
- Mishopshnow — Santa Barbara County
- Mission La Purisima — Santa Barbara County
- Monache — Tulare County
- Mono Village — Mono County
- Monroeville — Glenn County
- Monte Cristo — Sierra County
- Monticello — Napa County
- Morley — Shasta County
- Moseley — Butte County
- Mosquito — El Dorado County
- Motordrome — Los Angeles County
- Mound City — San Bernardino County
- Mount Bullion — Alpine County
- Mount Hope House — Yuba County
- Mount Vernon — Sierra County
- Mullen — Yolo County
- Muroc — Kern County
- Musick — San Luis Obispo County
- Musk — Tulare County
- Mussey Grove — San Diego County
- Myoma — Riverside County
- Nairn — Merced County
- Narbo — Madera County
- Nares — Fresno County
- Navajo — San Luis Obispo County
- Nelson Bar — Butte County
- Nema — Santa Clara County
- Neuralia — Kern County
- Nevills — Fresno County
- New Blinzing — Butte County
- New Brighton — Santa Cruz County
- New Hope — San Joaquin County
- New York Flat — Yuba County
- Newtown — Mariposa County
- Ninemile — Tehama County
- Norgaar — Trinity County
- North Muroc — Kern County
- North Wawona — Mariposa County
- Northam — Orange County
- Norval — Calaveras County
- Nuga — Santa Cruz County
- Oak Bottom — Shasta County
- Oak Grove — Yuba County
- Oakhurst — Fresno County
- Oberg — Los Angeles County
- Odessa — Kings County
- Ohmer — Contra Costa County
- Old Chinatown — Los Angeles County
- Oleo — Orange County
- Olig — Kern County
- Olinda — Orange County
- Olive Springs — Santa Cruz County
- Oliver — Yuba County
- Oo-moo-chah — Sacramento County
- Opegoi — Humboldt County
- Ore'q — Humboldt County
- Orella — Santa Barbara County
- Orion — Kings County
- Orlem — Tulare County
- Ovejo — Madera County
- Packwood — Kern County
- Palisades Del Rey — Los Angeles County
- Palmer — Santa Barbara County
- Paloma — Kern County
- Panamenik — Humboldt County
- Paola — Modoc County
- Patsiluvra — Siskiyou County
- Pattiway — Kern County
- Peart — Yolo County
- Pease — Sutter County
- Pekwan — Humboldt County
- Pekwuteu — Humboldt County
- Petersburg — Kern County
- Petro — Kern County
- Petroleum — Santa Cruz County
- Pipers — Butte County
- Piute — Kern County
- Plains — Madera County
- Plantel — Santa Clara County
- Pleasant Grove — Tulare County
- Pleyto — Monterey County
- Plumas Eureka — Plumas County
- Plumtree — Yolo County
- Poe — San Bernardino County
- Point Reyes — Marin County
- Point Sal Landing — Santa Barbara County
- Pokerville — Amador County
- Poloma — San Luis Obispo County
- Pomar — Santa Clara County
- Pomeroy — Siskiyou County
- Port Chicago — Contra Costa County
- Port Watsonville — Santa Cruz County
- Portex — Tulare County
- Poway Grove — San Diego County
- Prewit — Tulare County
- Primero — Tulare County
- Prize — Colusa County
- Project City — Shasta County
- Prosser — Nevada County
- Providence — Nevada County
- Pueblo de Figueroa — Santa Cruz County
- Purisima — San Mateo County
- Quaker Hill — Nevada County
- Quartz — Butte County
- Radum — Alameda County
- Ralston — Placer County
- Rankin — Mendocino County
- Rannells — Riverside County
- Rapetti — Santa Cruz County
- Red Point — Placer County
- Redbud Park — Napa County
- Redrock — Kern County
- Reeds — San Luis Obispo County
- Reefer City — Kern County
- Reilly — Inyo County
- Reka — Fresno County
- Rekwoi — Del Norte County
- Remillard — Alameda County
- Remington Hill — Nevada County
- Reynolds — Tulare County
- Reynolds — Mendocino County
- Reynolds Place — Glenn County
- Richland — Butte County
- Rinckel — Shasta County
- River Garden — Mendocino County
- Riverview — Fresno County
- Riviera — Sutter County
- Roadamite — Santa Barbara County
- Robert — Alameda County
- Robinson — Fresno County
- Rock Haven — San Diego County
- Rock Springs — Kern County
- Ronda — Yolo County
- Rose — Sonoma County
- Round Valley — Plumas County
- Routier — Sacramento County
- Rowes — Mendocino County
- Rubicon Springs — El Dorado County
- Rugg — Fresno County
- Runnymeade — San Mateo County
- Runnymede Poultry Colony — Los Angeles County
- Sage — Kern County
- Saint Elmo — San Bernardino County
- Salmon Falls — El Dorado County
- Salsbury — Sacramento County
- Saltdale — Kern County
- San Sevaine — San Bernardino County
- Sandspur — Tulare County
- Sans — Monterey County
- Santa Ysabel — Orange County
- Savannah — Los Angeles County
- Sawyers Crossing — Santa Clara County
- Schwaub — Inyo County
- Scovern Hot Springs — Kern County
- Searsville — San Mateo County
- Secret Canyon — Placer County
- Selwyn — San Diego County
- Sentinel — Fresno County
- Shady Rest — Kern County
- Shamrock — Imperial County
- Shands — Nevada County
- Shelby Flat — Nevada County
- Sherburns — Mendocino County
- Shipp — Fresno County
- Shisholop — Santa Barbara County
- Shregegon — Humboldt County
- Shumig — Humboldt County
- Sibagna — Los Angeles County
- Sides — Tulare County
- Signal Port — Mendocino County
- Silongkoyo — Plumas County
- Silvas Grove — Sacramento County
- Silver Creek — Plumas County
- Silver Mountain — Alpine County
- Skidoo — Inyo County
- Smith — Humboldt County
- Smyrna — Tulare County
- Snow Point — Nevada County
- Snow Tent — Nevada County
- Snug Harbor Trailer Park — Orange County
- Solano City — Solano County
- Soledad Sulphur Springs — Los Angeles County
- Solon — Kern County
- Somis — Ventura County
- Soto — Butte County
- South Fork — Butte County
- South Wawona — Mariposa County
- Spa — Tulare County
- Sparkville — Fresno County
- Spruce — Placer County
- Squeaky Springs — Imperial County
- Squirrel Creek — Plumas County
- Stafford — Sutter County
- Stanford — Placer County
- Steele — San Luis Obispo County
- Stewart — Stanislaus County
- Strand — Kern County
- Stringtown — Trinity County
- Striplin — Sutter County
- Stronetta — Mendocino County
- Sucrosa — Ventura County
- Sugar — Orange County
- Sullivan — Kern County
- Sulphur Springs — Solano County
- Summers — Kern County
- Summerville — Tehama County
- Summit — San Luis Obispo County
- Summit City — Nevada County
- Summit City — Shasta County
- Sunland — Inyo County
- Sunnyside — Mendocino County
- Suty — Modoc County
- Swedes Flat — Butte County
- Sydney Town — San Francisco County
- Sylvandale — Mendocino County
- Taison — San Joaquin County
- Talbot — Madera County
- Talc — San Bernardino County
- Tamarack — Placer County
- Tanoak — Humboldt County
- Tasikoyo — Plumas County
- Tatlatunne — Del Norte County
- Taylorville — Marin County
- Teagle — Kern County
- Teagueville — Ventura County
- Tenmile — Tehama County
- Tennant — Santa Clara County
- Tent City — San Diego County
- Terese — Kern County
- Ternez — Ventura County
- The Homestead — San Joaquin County
- The Pines — San Bernardino County
- Tiffin — Tulare County
- Tillman — Madera County
- Tin Shack — San Bernardino County
- Tippecanoe — Sierra County
- Tosco — Riverside County
- Tragedy Spring — Amador County
- Trescape — Kern County
- Treves — Kern County
- Tsurau — Humboldt County
- Tuolumne City — Stanislaus County
- Turnbull — Tulare County
- Tyler — Madera County
- Unionville — Sierra County
- Vaccaro — Kern County
- Vanden — Solano County
- Vanormer — Stanislaus County
- Vanris — Fresno County
- Vega — Monterey County
- Vineyard — San Benito County
- Violet — Solano County
- Wagners — Butte County
- Wahoo — Los Angeles County
- Wainwright Village — San Joaquin County
- Walker Place — Tehama County
- Walkermine — Plumas County
- Walton Place — Los Angeles County
- Wanda — Orange County
- Warren — Kern County
- Warren — Kern County
- Waugh — Shasta County
- Waukell Flat — Del Norte County
- Weeks Poultry Colony — Los Angeles County
- Wene'me — Ventura County
- West Alpaugh — Tulare County
- West Baker — Kern County
- West Humboldt — Humboldt County
- Westend Galatin Place — Tehama County
- Whitehouse — Shasta County
- Wildwood — Sonoma County
- Williams — Sonoma County
- Willow Glen — Madera County
- Wilsona — Los Angeles County
- Winthrop — Shasta County
- Witter Springs — Lake County
- Wokodot — Nevada County
- Wolforts — San Luis Obispo County
- Worthing — Tulare County
- Wycoff — Yolo County
- Ydaloom — Shasta County
- Youngs Hill — Yuba County
- Ysidora — San Diego County
- Yuba — Yuba County
- Yulupa — Sonoma County
- Yuman — Butte County
- Yupu — Sutter County
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.