Tollhouse | |
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 Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fresno County |
Coordinates: | 37.0189°N -119.3992°W |
Elevation M: | 585 |
Elevation Ft: | 1919 |
Tollhouse (formerly, Toll House) is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1919feet. Tollhouse is located in the Sierra Nevada, 7miles southwest of Shaver Lake and 18 miles southwest of Huntington Lake.[1] It is home to 2,089 people.[2]
The town was created in the 1860s around the Yancy lumber mill. The name "tollhouse" comes from the fact that the community was also built up in connection to a now-defunct toll road running up the steep slopes of Sarver Peak to Pineridge and housed a toll house.
The ZIP Code is 93667, and the community is inside area code 559.
The first post office opened in Tollhouse in 1876, closed in 1884, re-opened in 1885. The last toll on the toll road was collected in 1878.
Nearby small towns include Auberry, Prather, and Shaver.
Tollhouse is the tribal headquarters for the Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California.[3]
Notable current and former residents of Tollhouse include: