Horstville, California

Former settlement in California, United States

39°01′41″N 121°23′30″W / 39.02806°N 121.39167°W / 39.02806; -121.39167

Ghost town in California, United States

Horstville

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Horstville (the United States)

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Coordinates: 39°01′41″N 121°23′30″W / 39.02806°N 121.39167°W / 39.02806; -121.39167CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyYuba CountyElevation

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112 ft (34 m)

Horstville is a former settlement in Yuba County, California. It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Wheatland,^[2] at an elevation of 112 feet (34 m).

A post office operated at Horstville from 1898 to 1901.^[2] The name is in honor of E. Clemens Horst, local rancher.^[2] Horstville was a company town for Horst's farms, where hops were grown and dried; Horstville had a dining hall, store, and worker housing. During Prohibition, when there was no market for hops, Horstville built a fruit cannery which was still standing as of 2009, though little else remains of the town.^[3]

Notes

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horstville, California
^ ^a ^b ^c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 500. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ Wheatland. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. 2009. pp. 91–113. ISBN 978-0-7385-6977-2.