Daulton | |
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Coordinates: 37°07′09″N 119°58′56″W / 37.11917°N 119.98222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Madera County |
Elevation | 404 ft (123 m) |
Daulton was an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. [1] It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad Raymond Branch (formerly the San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad) 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Raymond, [2] at an elevation of 404 feet (123 m). [1]
A post office operated at Daulton from 1899 to 1908. [2] The name honors Henry C. Daulton, chairman of the commission that established Madera County, who gave the railroad right of way on his land. [2]
Daulton was the site of a copper mine established in the 1860s and operated by the California Copper Company. [3] Copper ore from the Copper Queen, California Copper Company, Questo, and Adobe Ranch mines was shipped by team or rail to a smelter at Madera. [4] The rail line from Daulton to Raymond was abandoned and removed in 1946, [5] and the remainder of the railroad was abandoned in 1956. [6] Little remains at the site today.