Newburg, California

For the place in Del Norte County formerly with this name, see Fort Dick, California.

Newburg (formerly, Newberg) is a locality[1] in Humboldt County, California. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Fortuna,[1] at an elevation of 121 feet (37 m).[2]

The town, originally named Newberg, was built by the Eel River Valley Lumber Company in 1884.[1]

The Eel River Valley Lumber Company

1896 image of Eel River Valley Lumber Company.

The May 30, 1896 edition of the Eel Valley Advance, a Fortuna newspaper, carried an article which described the Eel River Valley Lumber Company and also included biographical sketches of the owners. Today Newburg no longer exists. The buildings are gone, the mill pond has become farmland and the railroad tracks have disappeared.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-884995-14-9.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Newburg

Coordinates: 40°35′59″N 124°07′29″W / 40.59972°N 124.12472°W / 40.59972; -124.12472

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