Towle
Unincorporated community
Towle is located in California
Towle
Towle
Location in California
Towle is located in the United States
Towle
Towle
Towle (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°12′15″N 120°47′57″W / 39.20417°N 120.79917°W / 39.20417; -120.79917
Country United States
State California
CountyPlacer County
Elevation
[1]
3,694 ft (1,126 m)

Towle (formerly, Towles)[2] was an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.[1] Towle was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Dutch Flat.[2] It lies at an elevation of 3694 feet (1126 m).[1]

History

The name honors George and Allen Towle, local lumbermen.[2] The Towle post office operated from 1891 to 1935.[2] Towle was the site where a narrow-gauge lumber railroad connected to the Southern Pacific; it had stores, a town hall, and boarding houses.[3] Most of Towle had been abandoned by the time Interstate 80 was built through the area. Only the foundation of the train station remains today.[4]

Notable person

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Towle, 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. 599. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ↑ Lardner, William B.; Brock, Michael John (1924). History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California. Los Angeles, CA: Historical Records Company. p. 194.
  4. ↑ Sommers, Arthur (2010). Placer County. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7385-7153-9.
  5. ↑ 'Katherine Towle, 87, Ex-Dean at Berkeley,' New York Times, March 8, 1986


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