Welcome to Lumpkin ...

So far, we found very little information about Lumpkin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lumpkin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lumpkin, please Contact Us.

Lumpkin would have been located within present day Butte County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lumpkin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lumpkin is 3,580 feet [1,091 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Lumpkin is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Lumpkin was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Lumpkin was located: 530

Communities Also Named Lumpkin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lumpkin - they are located in Alabama and Georgia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lumpkin.

Communities near Lumpkin ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lumpkin.

• Oroville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville
  • Oroville is located in Butte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,237 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oroville <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Oroville
  • From Lumpkin to Oroville
• Clipper Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Mills
  • Clipper Mills is located in Butte County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clipper Mills <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clipper Mills
  • From Lumpkin to Clipper Mills
• Oroleve
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
  • Oroleve is located in Butte County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Oroleve
  • From Lumpkin to Oroleve
• Strawberry Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Valley
  • Strawberry Valley is located in Yuba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strawberry Valley <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Strawberry Valley
  • From Lumpkin to Strawberry Valley
• Evansville ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evansville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
  • Evansville is located in Butte County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Evansville
  • From Lumpkin to Evansville
• Forbestown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbestown
  • Forbestown is located in Butte County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forbestown <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Forbestown
  • From Lumpkin to Forbestown
• Brush Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brush Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
  • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Brush Creek
  • From Lumpkin to Brush Creek
• Challenge
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
  • Challenge is located in Yuba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Challenge <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Challenge
  • From Lumpkin to Challenge
• Brownsville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
  • Brownsville is located in Yuba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsville <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Brownsville
  • From Lumpkin to Brownsville
• Robinson Mill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
  • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Robinson Mill
  • From Lumpkin to Robinson Mill

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lumpkin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lumpkin.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lumpkin. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lumpkin.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lumpkin. See our Newspapers Page for Lumpkin.

Adding Lumpkin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lumpkin in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lumpkin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Lumpkin post office opened in 1886.

We also found Lumpkin in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lumpkin.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Butte County: www.buttecounty.net/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/