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Westville, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

39°10′30″N 120°38′53″W / 39.17500°N 120.64806°W / 39.17500; -120.64806Country

United StatesState

CaliforniaCountyPlacer CountyElevation

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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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westville, California
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ "Westville tries "comeback"". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. July 28, 1930. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
^ "Sheriff arrests everybody in town of Westville". Auburn Journal. Auburn, CA. March 17, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023.