Greenville, Yuba County, California

Ghost town in California, United States

39°26′12″N 121°10′39″W / 39.43667°N 121.17750°W / 39.43667; -121.17750

Ghost town in California, United States

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Coordinates: 39°26′12″N 121°10′39″W / 39.43667°N 121.17750°W / 39.43667; -121.17750CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyYuba CountyElevation

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2,182 ft (665 m)

Greenville (formerly, Oregon Hill) is a former settlement in Yuba County, California, United States. It was located on Little Oregon Creek 4.25 miles (6.8 km) southeast of Challenge,^[2] at an elevation of 2182 feet (665 m).

A post office operated at Greenville from 1857 to 1860.^[2]

In the late nineteenth century, Greenville had a few hundred residents, a store, and a school. A narrow-gauge logging railroad connecting Challenge with the nearby Beanville Mill stopped in Greenville. By 1957, Greenville was essentially a ghost town.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenville, Yuba County, California
^ ^a ^b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 494. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ "Greenville, lively gold, lumber camp in Yuba hills, lives only in memory". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. October 28, 1957. Retrieved December 30, 2023.