39°01′41″N 121°23′30″W / 39.02806°N 121.39167°W / 39.02806; -121.39167

Horstville
Unincorporated community
Horstville is located in California
Horstville
Horstville
Location in California
Horstville is located in the United States
Horstville
Horstville
Horstville (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°01′41″N 121°23′30″W / 39.02806°N 121.39167°W / 39.02806; -121.39167
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyYuba County
Elevation
[1]
112 ft (34 m)

Horstville is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Wheatland,[2] at an elevation of 112 feet (34 m).

A post office operated at Horstville from 1898 to 1901.[2] The name is in honor of E. Clemens Horst, local rancher.[2]

Horstville is also home of Horst Fellner's Hannes Ranch, (in earlier times owned by Bing Crosby (one of his many ranches))

Notes

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horstville, California
  2. 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 500. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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