Gas Point, California

Gas Point (40°24′56″N 122°32′04″W)[1] is a ghost town in Shasta County, California, on Cottonwood Creek. It was also known as Pinckney and Janesville.[2] The ghost town burned to the ground on April 8, 2008.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gas Point, Shasta County, California
  2. Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost towns of California. Pruett Publisyhing Company. p. 71. ISBN 0871085178.
  3. David Benda (April 9, 2008), "Gas Point ghost town destroyed – Historic buildings consumed by flames; cause of blaze is unknown", Record Searchlight, Redding, California, archived from the original on 2008-04-10
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