West Hartley, California

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Coordinates: 37°56′26″N 121°48′46″W / 37.94056°N 121.81278°W / 37.94056; -121.81278

West Hartley
— Former settlement —
West Hartley Location in California
Coordinates: 37°56′26″N 121°48′46″W / 37.94056°N 121.81278°W / 37.94056; -121.81278
Country	United States
State	California
County	Contra Costa County
Elevation^[1]	440 ft (134 m)

West Hartley was an unincorporated community in eastern Contra Costa County, California. It was located 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Diablo,^[2] at an elevation of 440 feet (134 m). It is now a ghost town. It was a mining town for the nearby coal mines.^[3]

It was founded in the late 1880s and named for England's West Hartley coal mine.^[2]

[edit] References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Hartley, California
^ ^a ^b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 721. ISBN 9781884995149.
^ GhostTowns.com, retrieved September 17, 2007

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Hartley, California

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