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Lurline

Ghost town · Colusa County, California

Colusa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1907, 1:62,500)
Colusa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1907, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lurline is a ghost town in Colusa County, California. It is one of 2 former communities in Colusa County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 57th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lurline as a historical populated place on the Williams 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 39.2191° N, 122.2461° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWilliams
Elevation107 ft
Nearest living townMaxwell, CA
Distance to it4.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1670436
Coordinates39.21906, -122.24609

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.

Lurline today, aerial view
Colusa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1907, 1:62,500)

Left: Colusa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1907, 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

Lurline is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Maxwell, CA (population 1,174), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 107 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 Lurline?

Lurline is in Colusa County, California, at 39.2191, -122.2461.

How many ghost towns are in Colusa County?

Colusa County, California has 2 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.