Newville,_California

Newville, California

Newville, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

39°47′28″N 122°31′42″W

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Newville is an unincorporated community in Glenn County, California.[1] It is located 18 miles (29 km) west of Orland,[2] at an elevation of 623 feet (190 m).[1]

A post office operated at Newville from 1868 to 1918.[2]

Newville was settled by J. M. Kendrick in 1854,[3] and at one time had a service station, hotel, and several businesses. Most of the town was destroyed by fire on July 22, 1929.[4] The last of Newville's original buildings was demolished in 1932.[5] By 1936, Newville was being described as a "ghost town",[6] but the name still appears on road signs in the area, and the Newville Cemetery remains active as of 2023.[7]

Cobb's Hotel in Newville, 1921
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References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Newville, California
  2. [2]
    Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 284. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. [3]
    "Swift Adobe, Will Green Monument Historic Sites". Colusa Sun-Herald. Colusa, CA. October 23, 1967. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Fire destroys Newville, old Glenn village". The Colusa Daily Sun. Colusa, CA. July 24, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Fireplace remains of once busy stock town". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. April 20, 1932. p. 10. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Paskenta and Newville are seen on trip". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. March 4, 1936. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Newville Cemetery District". County of Glenn. Glenn County, CA. 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.


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