Westville, California

Westville
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°10′30″N 120°38′53″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Placer County
Elevation [1]	1,600 m (5,249 ft)

Westville was a former settlement in Placer County, California.^[1] Westville was located 14 miles (22.5 km) northeast of Foresthill,^[2] at an elevation of 5249 feet (1600 m).^[1]

The Westville post office operated from 1889 to 1919.^[2] The name honors the first postmaster, George C. West.^[2]

Westville was once a supply and staging center for forty mines in the area.^[3] By 1925, only two residents remained, both of whom were arrested on October 8 of that year for possession of liquor, rendering Westville a "ghost city".^[4] Little remains at the site today.

See also

• List of ghost towns in California

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westville, California
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. 575. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
3. "Westville tries "comeback"". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. July 28, 1930. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
4. "Sheriff arrests everybody in town of Westville". Auburn Journal. Auburn, CA. March 17, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023.