Hammonton, California

39°11′35″N 121°25′15″W / 39.19306°N 121.42083°W / 39.19306; -121.42083

Hammonton
Ghost town
Hammonton is located in California
Hammonton
Hammonton
Location in California
Hammonton is located in the United States
Hammonton
Hammonton
Hammonton (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°11′35″N 121°25′15″W / 39.19306°N 121.42083°W / 39.19306; -121.42083
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyYuba County
Elevation
[1]
131 ft (40 m)

Hammonton (formerly, Dredgertown and Dredgerville)[2] is a former settlement in Yuba County, California. It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Browns Valley,[2] at an elevation of 131 feet (40 m).

Hammonton was a company town for the Yuba Consolidated Mines, which dredged gold from the Yuba River floodplain. Established in 1906, Hammonton had 250 residents, a store, service station, and swimming pool by 1938, when the townspeople were forced to move two miles so that the original townsite could be razed and dredged.[3] In 1957, the residents were again relocated, this time to Linda, so that the new townsite could also be dredged; Hammonton ceased to exist at that time.[4] The Yuba Goldfields now cover the townsites.

A post office operated at Hammonton from 1906 to 1957.[2] The name is in honor of W.P. Hammon, gold-dredging company official.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hammonton, California
  2. ^ a b c d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 496. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ "32-year-old Hammonton has ghost date; even site to vanish in dredger's buckets". The Sacramento Union. Sacramento, CA. December 11, 1938. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  4. ^ Gagnon, Melvin N. (June 20, 1958). "Hammonton is Hammonton but location and names are changed by need to relocate". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved December 30, 2023.