Melones, California

For the existing town formerly called Melones, see Carson Hill, California.

Melones
—  Former settlement  —
Melones Location in California
Coordinates: 38°00′45″N 120°29′55″W / 38.0125°N 120.49861°W / 38.0125; -120.49861
Country	United States
State	California
County	Calaveras County
Elevation[1]	955 ft (291 m)

Melones (also, Robinsons Ferry and Robinson's)^[2] is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, now submerged beneath a reservoir named New Melones Lake. It lay at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m). Melones was founded on the site of a ferry operated in 1848 by John W. Robinson and Stephen Mead. The town initially took its name from the ferry.^[2]

The first post office opened in Robinsons Ferry in 1879, the name was changed to Robinson's in 1895, and to Melones in 1902. The post office was closed in 1932, re-established in 1933 and closed for good in 1942.^[2]

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Melones, 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. 801. ISBN 9781884995149. 

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Melones, California

Coordinates: 38°00′45″N 120°29′55″W / 38.0125°N 120.49861°W / 38.0125; -120.49861