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Mayflower

Ghost town · Placer County, California

Foresthill quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000)
Foresthill quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mayflower is a ghost town in Placer County, California. It is one of 16 former communities in Placer County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mayflower as a historical populated place on the Foresthill 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 39.0399° N, 120.8183° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleForesthill
Elevation3,127 ft
Nearest living townForesthill, CA
Distance to it2.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1701172
Coordinates39.03990, -120.81827

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What's there now

Mayflower is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Foresthill, CA (population 1,455), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,127 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Mayflower?

Mayflower is in Placer County, California, at 39.0399, -120.8183.

How many ghost towns are in Placer County?

Placer County, California has 16 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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