Daulton was an

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. It was located on the

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Raymond Branch (formerly the San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad) south-southwest of

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, at an elevation of 404 feet (123 m). A post office operated at Daulton from 1899 to 1908. The name honors Henry C. Daulton, chairman of the commission that established Madera County, who gave the railroad right of way on his land. Daulton was the site of a

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mine established in the 1860s and operated by the California Copper Company. Copper ore from the Copper Queen, California Copper Company, Questo, and Adobe Ranch mines was shipped by team or rail to a smelter at Madera. The rail line from Daulton to Raymond was abandoned and removed in 1946, and the remainder of the railroad was abandoned in 1956. Little remains at the site today.

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Madera County, California {{MaderaCountyCA-geo-stub