Pomins, California

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Coordinates: 39°04′00″N 120°07′37″W / 39.06667°N 120.12694°W / 39.06667; -120.12694

Pomins
Unincorporated community
Pomins
Location in California
Coordinates: 39°04′00″N 120°07′37″W / 39.06667°N 120.12694°W / 39.06667; -120.12694
Country United States
State California
County El Dorado County
Elevation[1] 6,260 ft (1,908 m)

Pomins is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Meeks Bay,[2] at an elevation of 6260 feet (1908 m).[1]

A post office operated at Pomins from 1915 to 1942.[2] The name honors its first postmaster, Frank J. Pomin.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pomins, California
  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. 540. ISBN 9781884995149. 
Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States
Cities
CDPs
Unincorporated
communities
Former
settlements
Footnotes
‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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