Dickenson, California

Dickenson
Former settlement
Dickenson Location in California
Coordinates: 37°11′55″N 120°12′30″W / 37.19861°N 120.20833°W / 37.19861; -120.20833Coordinates: 37°11′55″N 120°12′30″W / 37.19861°N 120.20833°W / 37.19861; -120.20833
Country	United States
State	California
County	Merced County
Elevation^[1]	272 ft (83 m)

Dickenson (also, Dickinson)^[2] is a former settlement in Merced County, California.^[1] It was located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 3.25 miles (5.2 km) southeast of Le Grand,^[2] at an elevation of 272 feet (83 m).^[1] Dickenson still appeared on USGS maps as of 1918.^[1]

The name honors William Legrand Dickinson.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dickenson, California
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 766. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Merced County, California, United States

County seat: Merced

Cities	Atwater Dos Palos Gustine Livingston Los Banos Merced

CDPs	Ballico Bear Creek Cressey Delhi Dos Palos Y El Nido Franklin Hilmar-Irwin Le Grand McSwain Planada Santa Nella Snelling South Dos Palos Stevinson Tuttle University of California Merced Volta Winton

Unincorporated communities	Amsterdam Arena Athlone Brito Buhach Calpack Castle Gardens Cortez Fergus Fluhr Hamburg Farms Hilmar Hopeton Ingomar Irwin Kadota Lingard Merced Falls Plainsburg Santa Rita Park The Grove Trent

Ghost towns	Abbato Agatha Aladdin Alcant Alexandria Arundel Bellevue Brickville Burchell Central Point Charleston Chester Colony Center Cuba Dickenson Edendale Elgin Ferrin Gadwall Gracey Gwin Hoff La Branza Linora Lone Willow Station Marguerite Nairn Newton's Crossing Ortigalito Plainsburg St. Louis Ranch Sturgeon Tenger Union Yam

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