Hodge, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

34°48′56″N 117°11′36″W / 34.81556°N 117.19333°W / 34.81556; -117.19333CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCounty San BernardinoElevation

2,283 ft (696 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)Area codes442/760GNIS feature ID243498^[1]

Hodge is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Hodge is located along historic U.S. Route 66 and the Mojave River, 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Barstow and north of the Victor Valley.

History

The settlement was named after ranch owners Gilbert and Robert Hodge. Hodge was a railroad station, supplying water from wells into the usually subterranean Mojave River. It was a desert stop on U.S. Route 66 between Barstow and Victorville.^[2] By 1952 Hodge was no longer active until new houses were built in the late 1980s.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hodge, California
^ Jim Hinckley, The Route 66 Encyclopedia, MBI Publishing Company, Minneapolis, 2012, p.134