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Do you know of China Flat ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about China Flat. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with China Flat.<1>

Our sources for China Flat (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of China Flat other than they indicate that China Flat would be found somewhere in Humboldt County, California.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1915.

Communities Also Named China Flat ...

We found one communities that share the name China Flat.

There is one other community in California which is also named China Flat.

Beyond California.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • San Joaquin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of China Flat [San Joaquin County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for China Flat ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about China Flat:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for China Flat - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Humboldt County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Humboldt County.

Acorn 
AlbeevilleNanning Creek
 North Samoa
Bellview 
Bloomfield AcresPacific Manor
Bluff CreekPalmer Creek
BuckportPerrott Creek
Burnell'sPleasant Hill
 Preston Heights
Camp Grant 
Campton HeightsRichardson Grove
Christie SpurRolph
Curtiss HeightsRyans Slough
  
Dark CanyonSalmon Creek
Dow's PrairieScribner
DyervilleSingleys
 South Bay
EalSouth Fork
Eel RiverSpringville
Eel RockStone Lagoon
 Stumpville
GansSunset
Gas JetSwager
Glen Essex 
Grizzly BluffThorn
  
HadleyUpper Mattole
Henderson 
Hoopa ValeyVan Duzen
Hot Plant 
HumboldtWarren Creek
 Westhaven - Moonstone
IaquaWestwood Village
 Wildwood
Junction 
 Yagerville
Larabee Ranch 
 Zerus
Mattole 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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