Confederate Corners, California

Confederate Corners
—  Unincorporated community  —
Confederate Corners Location in California
Coordinates: 36°38′41″N 121°39′52″W / 36.64472°N 121.66444°W / 36.64472; -121.66444Coordinates: 36°38′41″N 121°39′52″W / 36.64472°N 121.66444°W / 36.64472; -121.66444
Country	United States
State	California
County	Monterey County
Elevation[1]	52 ft (16 m)

Confederate Corners (formerly, Springtown and Spring Town)^[2] is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.^[1] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Salinas,^[2] at an elevation of 52 feet (16 m).^[1]

Originally Springtown or Spring Town, the place was named Confederate Corners after some Southerners settled there in the late 1860s.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Confederate Corners, California
2. ^ ^{a b c} Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 887. ISBN 9781884995149.