Colbys Landing, California

Colbys Landing is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Chico on the Sacramento River.[1] It flourished as a goods transfer station from 1858 until 1870, when the railroad to Nord was completed.[1]

References

  1. 1 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. 211. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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