Pineridge, California

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Coordinates: 37°03′48″N 119°21′39″W / 37.06333°N 119.36083°W / 37.06333; -119.36083

Pineridge
Unincorporated community
Pineridge
Location in California
Coordinates: 37°03′48″N 119°21′39″W / 37.06333°N 119.36083°W / 37.06333; -119.36083
Country United States
State California
County Fresno County
Elevation[1] 4,842 ft (1,476 m)

Pineridge (formerly, Kenyon and Pine Ridge)[2] is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.[1] It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Shaver Lake Heights,[2] at an elevation of 4842 feet (1476 m).[1]

The Kenyon post office opened in 1890, the name was changed to Pine Ridge in 1892, to Pineridge in 1895, and closed in 1944.[2] The name Kenyon is in honor of Silas W. Kenyon, its first postmaster.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pineridge, California
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 1089. ISBN 9781884995149. 

See also

Municipalities and communities of Fresno County, California, United States
Cities
CDPs
Unincorporated
communities
Indian
reservations
Ghost towns


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