Hammonton, California

Former settlement in California, United States

39°11′35″N 121°25′15″W / 39.19306°N 121.42083°W / 39.19306; -121.42083

Ghost town in California, United States

Hammonton

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Coordinates: 39°11′35″N 121°25′15″W / 39.19306°N 121.42083°W / 39.19306; -121.42083CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyYuba CountyElevation

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131 ft (40 m)

Hammonton (formerly, Dredgertown and Dredgerville)^[2] is a former settlement in Yuba County, California. It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Browns Valley,^[2] at an elevation of 131 feet (40 m).

Hammonton was a company town for the Yuba Consolidated Mines, which dredged gold from the Yuba River floodplain. Established in 1906, Hammonton had 250 residents, a store, service station, and swimming pool by 1938, when the townspeople were forced to move two miles so that the original townsite could be razed and dredged.^[3] In 1957, the residents were again relocated, this time to Linda, so that the new townsite could also be dredged; Hammonton ceased to exist at that time.^[4] The Yuba Goldfields now cover the townsites.

A post office operated at Hammonton from 1906 to 1957.^[2] The name is in honor of W.P. Hammon, gold-dredging company official.^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hammonton, California
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 496. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ "32-year-old Hammonton has ghost date; even site to vanish in dredger's buckets". The Sacramento Union. Sacramento, CA. December 11, 1938. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
^ Gagnon, Melvin N. (June 20, 1958). "Hammonton is Hammonton but location and names are changed by need to relocate". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved December 30, 2023.