Tollhouse, California Explained

37.0189°N -119.3992°W

Tollhouse
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
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Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in California
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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 residents

Notable current and former residents of Tollhouse include:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tollhouse. Tollhouse. en. 2020-03-16.
  2. Web site: Best Places to Live in Tollhouse (zip 93667), California . Bestplaces.net . 2018-07-07 . 2022-09-07.
  3. http://www.iicocmedia.com/directory/listing.php?id=437 Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians.
  4. Brown, Emma. "George 'Elfie' Ballis, 85, who photographed struggle of Cesar Chávez and migrant farmworkers, dies", The Washington Post, September 27, 2010. Accessed September 29, 2010.