Horstville | |
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: | Yuba County |
Coordinates: | 39.0281°N -121.3917°W |
Elevation M: | 34 |
Elevation Ft: | 112 |
Horstville is a former settlement in Yuba County, California. It was located 2miles northeast of Wheatland, at an elevation of 112 feet (34 m).
A post office operated at Horstville from 1898 to 1901. The name is in honor of E. Clemens Horst, local rancher. Horstville was a company town for Horst's farms, where hops were grown and dried; Horstville had a dining hall, store, and worker housing. During Prohibition, when there was no market for hops, Horstville built a fruit cannery which was still standing as of 2009, though little else remains of the town.[1]