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Miraflores

Ghost town · Orange County, California

Anaheim quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1896, 1:62,500)
Anaheim quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1896, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Miraflores is a ghost town in Orange County, California. It is one of 12 former communities in Orange County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Miraflores as a historical populated place on the Anaheim 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 33.8086° N, 117.8945° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAnaheim
Elevation152 ft
Nearest living townOrange, CA
Distance to it2.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1683079
Coordinates33.80863, -117.89450

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What's there now

Miraflores is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Orange, CA (population 138,723), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 152 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 Miraflores?

Miraflores is in Orange County, California, at 33.8086, -117.8945.

How many ghost towns are in Orange County?

Orange County, California has 12 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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