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Ertlerger

Ghost town · Humboldt County, California

Hoopa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500)
Hoopa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ertlerger is a ghost town in Humboldt County, California. It is one of 24 former communities in Humboldt County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ertlerger as a historical populated place on the Weitchpec topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.1840° N, 123.7081° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWeitchpec
Elevation258 ft
Nearest living townWeitchpec, CA
Distance to it1.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1682115
Coordinates41.18402, -123.70812

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Ertlerger today, aerial view
Hoopa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500)

Left: Hoopa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Ertlerger is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Weitchpec, CA (population 87), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 258 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Ertlerger?

Ertlerger is in Humboldt County, California, at 41.1840, -123.7081.

How many ghost towns are in Humboldt County?

Humboldt County, California has 24 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.