Westville, California

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Westville
Unincorporated community
Westville
Location in California
Coordinates: 39°10′30″N 120°38′53″W / 39.17500°N 120.64806°W / 39.17500; -120.64806Coordinates: 39°10′30″N 120°38′53″W / 39.17500°N 120.64806°W / 39.17500; -120.64806
Country  United States
State  California
County Placer County
Elevation[1] 1,600 m (5,249 ft)

Westville is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.[1] Westville is located 14 miles (22.5 km) northeast of Foresthill.[2] It lies at an elevation of 5249 feet (1600 m).[1]

The Westville post office operated from 1889 to 1919.[2] The name honors the first postmaster, George C. West.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westville, 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. 575. ISBN 9781884995149. 
Municipalities and communities of Placer County, California, United States
Cities and towns
CDPs
Unincorporated
communities
Ghost
towns
Footnotes
‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.