Navelencia, California

Coordinates: 36°41′00″N 119°23′08″W / 36.68333°N 119.38556°W / 36.68333; -119.38556

Navelencia
Unincorporated community
Navelencia
Navelencia

Location in California

Coordinates: 36°41′00″N 119°23′08″W / 36.68333°N 119.38556°W / 36.68333; -119.38556
Country United States
State California
County Fresno County
Elevation[1] 420 ft (128 m)

Navelencia is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.[1] It is located 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Centerville,[2] at an elevation of 420 feet (128 m).[1] Citrus is grown at the place.[2] The name is a portmanteau of two varieties of oranges: navel and valencia.[2]

A post office operated at Navelencia from 1915 to 1931.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Navelencia, California
  2. 1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1080. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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