Newburg, California
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Newburg (formerly, Newberg) is a
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in Humboldt County,
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. It is located east of
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, at an elevation of . The town, originally named Newberg, was built by the Eel River Valley Lumber Company in 1884.


The Eel River Valley Lumber Company

The May 30, 1896 edition of the Eel Valley Advance, a Fortuna newspaper
carried an article
which described the Eel River Valley Lumber Company and also included biographical sketches of the owners. Today Newburg no longer exists. The buildings are gone, the mill pond has become farmland and the railroad tracks have disappeared.


References

Former settlements in Humboldt County, California Populated places established in 1884 1884 establishments in California {{HumboldtCountyCA-geo-stub