Lumpkin | |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Butte County |
Coordinates: | 39.61°N -121.2089°W |
Elevation M: | 1093 |
Elevation Ft: | 3586 |
Lumpkin was a community in Butte County, California. It was located 6miles north-northwest of Clipper Mills on the Feather River Railway, at an elevation of 3586 feet (1093 m). It was the site of a major lumber mill, producing 3.5 million board feet per year in the late 1880s.[1] A post office operated at Lumpkin from 1886 to 1919.