Millsholm, California

Coordinates: 39°32′24″N 122°20′41″W / 39.54000°N 122.34472°W / 39.54000; -122.34472

Millsholm
Former settlement
Millsholm

Location in California

Coordinates: 39°32′24″N 122°20′41″W / 39.54000°N 122.34472°W / 39.54000; -122.34472
Country United States
State California
County Glenn County
Elevation[1] 312 ft (95 m)

Millsholm is a former settlement in Glenn County, California.[1] It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Fruto,[2] at an elevation of 312 feet (95 m).[1] Millsholm still appeared on maps as of 1944.[1] Millsholm was on the West Side and Mendocino Railroad.

Millsholm was named for Egdar Mills, who owned the site in the 1880s.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millsholm, California
  2. 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. 278. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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