Elkhorn Station, California
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Elkhorn Station is a former settlement in Fresno County
Fresno County, California
Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It was located on the stage coach route across the San Joaquin Valley, from Visalia
Visalia, California
Visalia is a Central California city situated in the heart of California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, approximately southeast of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles...

 to Pacheco Pass
Pacheco Pass
Pacheco Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass located in the Diablo Range in southeastern Santa Clara County, California. It is the main road over the hills separating the Santa Clara Valley and the Central Valley....

. The site of the station is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Burrel, California
Burrel, California
Burrel is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located southwest of Fresno, at an elevation of 203 feet .Burrel is located midway between California State Route 99 and Interstate 5....

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From 1858 to 1861, Elkhorn Station was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Stage line.
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