Towle, California
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Towle is an unincorporated community
in Placer County
, California
. Towle is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad
, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Dutch Flat
. It lies at an elevation of 3694 feet (1126 m).
The name honors George and Allen Towle, local lumbermen. The Towle post office operated from 1891 to 1935.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Placer County
Placer County, California
Placer County is a county located in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border. Because of the expansion of the Greater Sacramento,...
, 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...
. Towle is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Dutch Flat
Dutch Flat, California
Dutch Flat is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States, about northeast of Auburn along Interstate 80. It was founded by German immigrants in 1851 and was once one of the richest gold mining locations of California...
. It lies at an elevation of 3694 feet (1126 m).
The name honors George and Allen Towle, local lumbermen. The Towle post office operated from 1891 to 1935.