West Hartley, California
West Hartley | |
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Former settlement | |
  West Hartley Location in California  West Hartley West Hartley (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°56′26″N 121°48′46″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| Elevation | 440 ft (134 m) |
West Hartley was an unincorporated community in eastern Contra Costa County, California. It was located 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Diablo,[2] at an elevation of 440 feet (134 m). It is now a ghost town. It was a mining town for the nearby coal mines.[3]
It was founded in the late 1880s and named for England's West Hartley coal mine.[2]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Hartley, California
- Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 721. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- GhostTowns.com, retrieved September 17, 2007
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