| Minturn | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| 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 Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | California |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Madera County |
| Coordinates: | 37.1397°N -120.2744°W |
| Elevation M: | 72 |
| Elevation Ft: | 236 |
Minturn is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and California State Route 99 1.5miles north-northwest of Chowchilla, at an elevation of 236 feet (72 m). Minturn is near the Geographic Center of California, between Madera and Merced.
A post office operated at Minturn from 1884 to 1922. The name honors Jonas and Thomas Minturn, wheat farmers who had a railroad siding built at the place in 1872. Jonas (April 4, 1819 - August 1, 1884) and Abby West (March 8, 1820 - May 19, 1899) Minturn (m. 1843), settled in the area in the 19th century and are buried nearby.[1]
The Minturn Nut Company is located nearby at 8800 S. Minturn Road, Le Grand.[2]
Jonas Minturn was a member of the same family that ran Grinnell, Minturn & Co.
Jonas and Abby West Minturn's children were Mary, Thomas, Gertrude, Madeline, and James.[3] James W. Minturn went on to run The Sharon Estate. He built a country home in Sunnyside, Fresno County in 1912 and completed it in 1913. The home still stands today across from Sunnyside Country Club. He was killed as a result of an automobile accident in 1917. He was survived by his wife Rozene Minturn. (Fresno Morning Republican Newspaper)