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Portex

Ghost town · Tulare County, California

Lindsay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:31,680)
Lindsay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:31,680) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Portex is a ghost town in Tulare County, California. It is one of 26 former communities in Tulare County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Portex as a historical populated place on the Lindsay 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 36.1455° N, 119.0270° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLindsay
Elevation441 ft
Nearest living townStrathmore, CA
Distance to it2.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1661910
Coordinates36.14551, -119.02705

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What's there now

Portex is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Strathmore, CA (population 3,244), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 441 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 Portex?

Portex is in Tulare County, California, at 36.1455, -119.0270.

How many ghost towns are in Tulare County?

Tulare County, California has 26 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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