Hildreth, California

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Hildreth
Unincorporated community
Hildreth
Location in California
Coordinates: 37°06′32″N 119°37′59″W / 37.10889°N 119.63306°W / 37.10889; -119.63306Coordinates: 37°06′32″N 119°37′59″W / 37.10889°N 119.63306°W / 37.10889; -119.63306
Country United States
State California
County Madera County
Elevation[1] 1,247 ft (380 m)

Hildreth is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California.[1] It is located east-southeast of O'Neals,[2] at an elevation of 1247 feet (380 m).[1]

In the late 1870s, Tom Hildreth opened a store at the site, thereby beginning the town named for him.[2] A post office operated at Hildreth from 1886 to 1896.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 782. ISBN 9781884995149. 


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