Youngs, California

Youngs is a former settlement in El Dorado County, California.[1] It was located on the Diamond and Caldor Railway 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Somerset.[1]

A post office operated at Youngs from 1924 to 1950, before it was transferred to Somerset.[1] The place was named after its first postmaster, Morgan W. Young.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 558. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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