Arboga, California

Arboga
—  Unincorporated community  —
Arboga
Location in California
Coordinates:
Country United States
State California
County Yuba County
Elevation[1] 56 ft (17 m)

Arboga is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Olivehurst on the Sacramento Northern Railroad,[2] at an elevation of 56 feet (17 m). It was named in 1911 by the pastor of the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden for his hometown of Arboga, Sweden.[3] During World War II, a Japanese American internment camp was located here.

A post office operated at Arboga from 1912 to 1926.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arboga, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 444. ISBN 9781884995149. 
  3. ^ Gudde, Erwin; William Bright (2004). California Place Names (Fourth ed. ed.). University of California Press. pp. 16. ISBN 0-520-24217-3. 
Municipalities and communities of Yuba County, California, USA
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